Insecure Download of Dependencies in hubl-server Module

CVE-2017-16035 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The hubl-server module is a wrapper for the HubL Development Server. During installation hubl-server downloads a set of dependencies from api.hubapi.com. It appears in the code that these files are downloaded over HTTPS however the api.hubapi.com endpoint redirects to a HTTP url. Because of this behavior an attacker with the ability to man-in-the-middle a developer or system performing a package installation could compromise the integrity of the installation.

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