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CVE-2022-1650: Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in eventsource/eventsource

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-212

Description

Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in GitHub repository eventsource/eventsource prior to v2.0.2.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 10.0
• Eventsource: before 1.1.1; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.2 — fixed in 1.1.1, 2.0.2
• Npm Eventsource: before 1.1.1; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.2 — fixed in 1.1.1, 2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Eventsource 1.1.1, 2.0.2; Npm Eventsource 1.1.1, 2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/eventsource/eventsource/commit/10ee0c4881a6ba2fe65ec18ed195ac35889583c4
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/dc9e467f-be5d-4945-867d-1044d27e9b8e
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00021.html
• https://github.com/eventsource/eventsource/commit/10ee0c4881a6ba2fe65ec18ed195ac35889583c4
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/dc9e467f-be5d-4945-867d-1044d27e9b8e
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00021.html

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