Cross-env is a valuable tool for JavaScript developers, simplifying cross-platform environment variable management when running scripts. Versions 5.1.5 and 5.1.6 offer the same core functionality: reliably setting and utilizing environment variables across different operating systems, eliminating inconsistencies that can arise when deploying applications on various platforms. Both versions depend on is-windows and cross-spawn for platform detection and cross-platform process spawning, respectively, while leveraging kcd-scripts for development-related tasks.
The key difference between the two versions lies in the details of their release. Version 5.1.6 was released on May 22, 2018, roughly two weeks after version 5.1.5, which was released on May 9, 2018. While both versions maintain the same file count of nine, version 5.1.6 has a slightly larger unpacked size of 26840 bytes compared to 5.1.5's 25835 bytes. This suggests that version 5.1.6 likely includes bug fixes, performance improvements, or minor enhancements compared to its predecessor. Developers should be aware of this, and if encountering any unexpected issues with version 5.1.5, upgrading to 5.1.6 would be a sensible first step. Ultimately, developers can rely on cross-env to write platform-agnostic scripts without getting bogged down in platform specific environmental nuances, enabling streamlined development and deployment workflows.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 5.1.6 of the package
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in cross-spawn
Versions of the package cross-spawn before 7.0.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to improper input sanitization. An attacker can increase the CPU usage and crash the program by crafting a very large and well crafted string.
