Advisory Weakness Curation

Downloads Resources over HTTP in nw Affected versions of `nw` insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection. In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running `nw`. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.23.6-1 or later.

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') nw is an installer for nw.js. nw downloads zipped resources over HTTP, It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested zip file with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.