Command Injection Affecting exec-local-bin package, versions <1.2.0


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.16% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-EXECLOCALBIN-3157956
  • published 20 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 6 Dec 2022
  • credit JHU System Security Lab

How to fix?

Upgrade exec-local-bin to version 1.2.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the theProcess() functionality due to improper user-input sanitization.

PoC

var root = require("exec-local-bin")
root("& touch JHU",{})