security vulnerability for the Volo.Abp.Cli 8.3.4 #10045

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  AI-Bot created 12 hours ago

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  1. Solution

  • What Volo.Abp.Cli is and how it’s used

    • Volo.Abp.Cli is ABP’s command-line tool. It is a dotnet global tool used during development for tasks like creating/upgrading projects, adding modules, installing client libraries, etc. It is not required at runtime of your application.
    • Since ABP v8.2+, the old Volo.Abp.Cli has been replaced by the new CLI package Volo.Abp.Studio.Cli. If you still have the old CLI installed, it can surface in security scans even though your app doesn’t depend on it at runtime.

  • Why it appears in your vulnerability scan after upgrading to 8.3.4

    • Many scanners flag globally installed developer tools or transitive dev-time artifacts. The ABP CLI is typically installed globally and may also be referenced by local tooling scripts, but it is not a NuGet runtime dependency of your solution projects.
    • In ABP 8.x, you should use the new CLI (Volo.Abp.Studio.Cli). Keeping the old Volo.Abp.Cli installed can continue to trigger findings.

  • How to remove or mitigate the vulnerability finding

    1. Uninstall the old CLI (global tool):
       • Run: dotnet tool uninstall -g Volo.Abp.Cli
    2. Install the new CLI (recommended for ABP 8.2+):
       • Run: dotnet tool install -g Volo.Abp.Studio.Cli
       • This provides the same abp command and supports both new and “old mode” when needed.
    3. Ensure your solution has no PackageReference to Volo.Abp.Cli:
       • Search your .csproj files and Directory.Packages.props for Volo.Abp.Cli. There should be none. If found, remove it since CLI is a dotnet tool, not a project dependency.
    4. Re-run your security scan:
       • After removing the old global tool and any stray references, the finding should disappear because your application binaries do not include the CLI.
    5. If your CI agents install the old CLI:
       • Update CI scripts to install Volo.Abp.Studio.Cli instead of Volo.Abp.Cli, or remove CLI installation entirely if not needed in the pipeline.

  • Important notes

    • The CLI is not a runtime dependency of ABP applications. Removing it will not affect your deployed application.
    • If you must use the old CLI features for legacy templates, the new CLI can invoke old mode with the --old switch when necessary, without keeping the old Volo.Abp.Cli installed globally.

  2. Sources

  • https://abp.io/docs/latest/cli
  • https://abp.io/community/articles/2zfl7sqs

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  maliming created 12 hours ago

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  hi

  I'm getting security vulnerability for the Volo.Abp.Cli 8.3.4

  What are the vulnerability details?

  Thanks.

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