Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting locutus package, versions <2.0.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.69% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-LOCUTUS-575119
  • published 2 Jul 2020
  • disclosed 2 Jul 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade locutus to version 2.0.13 or higher.

Overview

locutus is a Locutus other languages' stadard libraries to JavaScript for fun and educational purposes

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The php/exec/escapeshellarg function allows an attacker to achieve code execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9.8 critical