GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8

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    GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8

    Published: 2 Nov 2023Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio DoS vulnerability

    Details: ## Summary: Sending a specially crafted intent with an invalid/empty extras `de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity` can cause the app to crash. sending the intent repeatedly can prevent the app using this plugin from working, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. ## Impact A 3rd party app/remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious intent to the target device, causing the app using this plugin from working to crash or become unresponsive, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. ## Mitigation Version 5.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio doesn't export the activity anymore and is no longer vulnerable. If you want to fix older versions change the attribute `android:exported` of this code snippet in plugin.xml to `false`: ```xml <config-file target="AndroidManifest.xml" parent="application"> <activity android:name="de.niklasmerz.cordova.biometric.BiometricActivity" android:theme="@style/TransparentTheme" android:exported="false"/> </config-file> ``` ## Patches Please upgrade to version 5.0.1 as soon as possible. Please check out the release on [GitHub](https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/releases/tag/v5.0.1). ## For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory please go to the discussion on [GitHub](https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/discussions/394).

    References: https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/security/advisories/GHSA-7vfx-hfvm-rhr8, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43849, https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/commit/27434a240f97f69fd930088654590c8ba43569df, https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio, https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/discussions/394, https://github.com/NiklasMerz/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio/releases/tag/v5.0.1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio

    Purl: pkg:npm/cordova-plugin-fingerprint-aio

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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