CVE-2019-5448 (NVD)

2019-07-30

Yarn before 1.17.3 is vulnerable to Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data due to HTTP URLs in lockfile causing unencrypted authentication data to be sent over the network.

Products Yarn
Type Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (CWE-319)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://hackerone.com/reports/640904
https://github.com/ChALkeR/notes/blob/master/Yarn-vuln.md
https://yarnpkg.com/blog/2019/07/12/recommended-security-update/