Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
haxeshim downloads resources over plain HTTP. A network-positioned attacker could substitute those resources, creating possible remote code execution. Business urgency depends on whether this old package is still present in developer, CI, or build environments.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted build-chain risk, not a broad internet-exposed emergency. Prioritize checking CI and developer environments because compromise there can affect produced software.
Technical view
CVE-2016-10692 is an insecure transport issue in haxeshim. Because downloads occur over HTTP, integrity and authenticity are not protected in transit. The source bundle describes possible RCE if requested resources are swapped by an attacker on-path.
Likely exposure
Likely exposure is limited to environments using haxeshim, especially developer machines, CI runners, or build systems that trigger its HTTP downloads. The source bundle does not provide affected versions or CPEs.
Exploitation context
The bundle describes a man-in-the-middle prerequisite: the attacker must be on the network path or between the user and remote server. KEV is false, and no provided source reports active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, affected version range, or fixed version is included. The key technical fact is HTTP resource retrieval with possible substitution by an on-path attacker.
Mitigation direction
- Check the Node Security advisory and package guidance for any maintained remediation.
- Remove or replace haxeshim where it is not required.
- Avoid running haxeshim downloads on untrusted networks.
- Require trusted, integrity-verified dependency installation in CI and build systems.
- Review dependency policies for packages that fetch executable resources over HTTP.
Validation and detection
- Search dependency manifests and lockfiles for haxeshim.
- Review CI and build logs for haxeshim resource downloads.
- Identify developer images or tooling that include haxeshim.
- Confirm whether any remaining usage downloads resources over HTTP.
- Document compensating controls if removal is not immediately possible.
Public sources used
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/300CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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