Critical

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in AEgir

  • Disclosed: 27.05.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

aegir publish and aegir build may leak secrets from environmental variables in the browser bundle published to npm.

Patches

The code has been patched, users should upgrade to >= 21.10.1

Workarounds

Run printenv to check your environment variables and revoke any secrets.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package aegir >= 21.7.0, < 21.10.1 21.10.1

References

CVSS score 9.6/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
npm
Package
aegir
Disclosed
27.05.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-qfcv-5whw-7pcw - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: aegir

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
07.2018 05.2020
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 1
  2. 2019: 0
  3. 2020: 1
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 0
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 0
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in AEgir this entry
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2020-11059 >= 21.7.0, < 21.10.1 21.10.1
  2. High CVE-2017-16225 >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.8 12.0.8

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