Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Affecting openssl package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-OPENSSL-6084018
  • published 24 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2023
  • credit Miguel Coimbra

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for openssl.

Overview

openssl is a Nodejs openssl wrapper

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') through the openssl() function due to accepting an opts argument which has verb field. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by exploiting this vulnerability.

Note:

This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • 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