🛡️ GHSA-5w9c-rv96-fr7g — faker (CVE-2021-23567)
Description
Removal of functional code in faker.js
Faker.js helps users create large amounts of data for testing and development. The maintainer deliberately removed the functional code from this package. This appears to be a purposeful and successful attempt to make the package unusable. This is related to the colors.js [CVE-2021-23567](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh88-3pxp-6fm8).
The functional code for this package was forked and can be found [here](https://github.com/faker-js/faker).
Affected software
GHSA-5w9c-rv96-fr7g is recorded against 1 package.
- faker
Timeline and source
Published on 22 March 2022. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Advisory)
snyk.io (Web)
www.npmjs.com (Web)
www.npmjs.com (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| faker | — | — |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown MAL-2025-191625
- Unknown MAL-2025-49310
- Unknown MAL-2024-5128
- Unknown GSD-2022-1000008
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