Advisory Weakness Curation

Downloads Resources over HTTP in nodewebkit Affected versions of `nodewebkit` 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 `nodewebkit`. ## Recommendation No patch is currently available, and the package author has deprecated this package. The best path forward in mitigating this vulnerability is to use the official installer https://www.npmjs.com/nw instead of this package, as per the package author's instructions.

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