CVE-2021-4229: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

May 24, 2022 (updated June 6, 2022)

A vulnerability was found in ua-parser-js 0.7.29/0.8.0/1.0.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the crypto mining component which introduces a backdoor. Upgrading to version 0.7.30, 0.8.1 and 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjwm-rvh2-c87w
github.com/faisalman/ua-parser-js/issues/536
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4229
vuldb.com/?id.185453

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