Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in semantic-release
Impact
What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?
Secrets that would normally be masked by semantic-release can be accidentally disclosed if they contain characters that are excluded from uri encoding by encodeURI. Occurrence is further limited to execution contexts where push access to the related repository is not available without modifying the repository url to inject credentials.
Patches
Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?
Fixed in 19.0.3
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?
Secrets that do not contain characters that are excluded from encoding with encodeURI when included in a URL are already masked properly.
References
Are there any links users can visit to find out more?
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/releases/tag/v19.0.3
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open a discussion in semantic-release discussions
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | semantic-release | >= 17.0.4, < 19.0.3 | 19.0.3 |
References
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/security/advisories/GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31051
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/pull/2449
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/pull/2459
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/commit/58a226f29c04ee56bbb02cc661f020d568849cad
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release
- https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/releases/tag/v19.0.3
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200- Platform
- npm
- Package
semantic-release- Disclosed
- 09.06.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: semantic-release
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
- 11.2020 06.2022
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- High 1
- Medium 1
Disclosures per year
- 2020: 1
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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