Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting signalk-server package, versions <2.19.0-beta.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-SIGNALKSERVER-14859123
  • published4 Jan 2026
  • disclosed2 Jan 2026
  • creditAnastasios Meletlidis

Introduced: 2 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-68619  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade signalk-server to version 2.19.0-beta.5 or higher.

Overview

signalk-server is an An implementation of a Signal K server for boats.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the appstore.js REST API endpoint, which allows the installation of npm packages using unsanitized version specifiers. An administrator can execute arbitrary commands on the server by supplying a malicious package source containing a crafted postinstall script. The package source is passed in as a version specifier, which is valid according to npm specifications, and loads the malicious code upon install.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1