Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
newrelic/node-newrelic
main @ 43add80
12
Fixes
0
CVEs
CRITICAL
Peak severity
50.0%
Coverage
Highlights
Denial of Service: 4 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
@grpc/proto-loader: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
3 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Remote Code Execution: The ESM loader was vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by evaluating untrusted query parameters. Future ESM instrumentations must strictly resolve modules using internal, secure lookups rather than dynamic URL-based parameters.
Command Injection: Execution of system-level utilities (such as sysctl) using shell-parsing interfaces allowed potential command injection. Developers must use execFile and supply arguments as an array to prevent shell interpretation.
Information Disclosure: High Security Mode failed to adequately strip sensitive request parameters from payloads, leading to potential exposure of API keys, tokens, or PII. Filtering rules must be applied universally across all trace aggregators.