# CVE-2022-31051: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in semantic-release

> Attackers can view sensitive secrets in semantic-release logs if specific characters are present and repository access requires URL credential injection.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2pg-mjhr-2m5x

## What is CVE-2022-31051?

CVE-2022-31051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in semantic-release, published on 9 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

semantic-release is an open source npm package for automated version management and package publishing. In affected versions secrets that would normally be masked by semantic-release can be accidentally disclosed if they contain characters that are excluded from uri encoding by `encodeURI`. Occurrence is further limited to execution contexts where push access to the related repository is not available without modifying the repository url to inject credentials. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that secrets that do not contain characters that are excluded from encoding with `encodeURI` when included in a URL are already masked properly.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31051?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including semantic-release. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `semantic-release` | npm | From 17.0.4 | 19.0.3 |
| `semantic-release` | npm | From 17.0.4 | 19.0.3 |

Products: Semantic-Release Project Semantic-Release.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-31051?

Upgrade semantic-release to 19.0.3 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-31051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in semantic-release

- [CVE-2020-26226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26226/): Secret disclosure in semantic-release (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-31051 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-31051 is a medium-severity vulnerability in semantic-release, published on 9 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- semantic-release (npm): affected from 17.0.4; fixed in 19.0.3
- semantic-release (npm): affected from 17.0.4; fixed in 19.0.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31051/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31051/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31051
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31051
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-31051

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31051/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.