Remote Code Execution in node-os-utils

published 2019-06-11 7y ago modified 2021-08-04 5y ago

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: —; no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits: 0; none known

Versions of `node-os-utils` prior to 1.1.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Due to insufficient input validation an attacker could run arbitrary commands on the server thus rendering the package vulnerable to Remote Code Execution.

## Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.1.0 or later.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

npm node-os-utils 1.1.0

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CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
GitHub	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	node-os-utils	<1.1.0	1.1.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

GitHub Advisory GHSA-j9f8-8h89-j69x

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