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CVE-2023-22491
January 13, 2023
Gatsby is a free and open source framework based on React that helps developers build websites and apps. The gatsby-transformer-remark plugin prior to versions 5.25.1 and 6.3.2 passes input through to the "gray-matter" npm package, which is vulnerable to JavaScript injection in its default configuration, unless input is sanitized. The vulnerability is present in gatsby-transformer-remark when passing input in data mode (querying MarkdownRemark nodes via GraphQL). Injected JavaScript executes in the context of the build server. To exploit this vulnerability untrusted/unsanitized input would need to be sourced by or added into a file processed by gatsby-transformer-remark. A patch has been introduced in "gatsby-transformer-remark@5.25.1" and "gatsby-transformer-remark@6.3.2" which mitigates the issue by disabling the "gray-matter" JavaScript Frontmatter engine. As a workaround, if an older version of "gatsby-transformer-remark" must be used, input passed into the plugin should be sanitized ahead of processing. It is encouraged for projects to upgrade to the latest major release branch for all Gatsby plugins to ensure the latest security updates and bug fixes are received in a timely manner.
Affected Packages
gatsby-transformer-remark (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=6.0.0 <6.3.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.3.2
gatsby-transformer-remark (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0-alpha12-alpha.b66dd8d3 <5.25.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.25.1
gatsby-transformer-remark (NPM):
Affected version(s) =5.25.0 <5.25.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.25.1
Additional Notes
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.26