fix(deps): update dependency express to v4.20.0 [security] #2024
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This PR contains the following updates:
4.19.2
->4.20.0
GitHub Vulnerability Alerts
CVE-2024-43796
Impact
In express <4.20.0, passing untrusted user input - even after sanitizing it - to
response.redirect()
may execute untrusted codePatches
this issue is patched in express 4.20.0
Workarounds
users are encouraged to upgrade to the patched version of express, but otherwise can workaround this issue by making sure any untrusted inputs are safe, ideally by validating them against an explicit allowlist
Details
successful exploitation of this vector requires the following:
Release Notes
expressjs/express (express)
v4.20.0
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depth
option to customize the depth level in the parserdepth
level for parsing URL-encoded data is now32
(previously wasInfinity
)res.redirect
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to align better with URL specoptions.maxAge
andoptions.expires
tores.clearCookie
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