GHSA-5fp6-4xw3-xqq3 json
@keystone-6/core's bundled cuid package known to be insecure
published 3y ago modified 3y ago
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Summary
### Summary The `cuid` package used by `@keystone-6/*` and upstream dependencies is deprecated and [marked as insecure by the author](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid#status-deprecated-due-to-security-use-cuid2-instead).
As reported by the author > Cuid and other k-sortable and non-cryptographic ids (Ulid, ObjectId, KSUID, all UUIDs) are all insecure. Use @paralleldrive/cuid2 instead.
### What are doing about this? - [We are waiting on Prisma](https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/8282) to add support for [`cuid2`](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid2) - Alternatively, we might default to a random string ourselves
### What can I do about this? We have added a work-around for users who want to provide custom identifiers in https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/pull/8645
### What if I need a `cuid`? The features marked as a security vulnerability by @paralleldrive are sometimes actually needed ([as written in the README of `cuid`](https://github.com/paralleldrive/cuid#motivation)) - the problem is the inherent risks that features like this can have.
You might actually want the features of a monotonically increasing (auto-increment, k-sortable), and timestamp-based id as part of your application, and keystone should support that - but you might not want them by _default_. This is why this security advisory has been accepted by me (@dcousens), we currently use cuid identifiers by default, and that should change.
### Impact I have accepted this security advisory on the basis that we don't need this kind of identifier typically, and the need for them should be driven by an application's requirements, not a convenient default.
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| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | @keystone-6/core | <=5.3.1 |
no fix listed |
References
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5fp6-4xw3-xqq3
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