Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting ps package, versions <1.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-PS-72307
  • published 9 Sep 2018
  • disclosed 7 Sep 2018
  • credit Cristian-Alexandru Staicu

How to fix?

Upgrade ps to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

ps is A Node.js module for looking up running processes.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection. An attacker could inject arbitrary OS commands instead of PID numbers.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High