GHSA-75w2-qv55-x7fv

openssl npm package vulnerable to command execution

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Critical CVE-2023-49210

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	openssl	<= 2.0.0	no fix listed

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

The openssl (aka node-openssl) NPM package through 2.0.0 was characterized as "a nonsense wrapper with no real purpose" by its author, and accepts an opts argument that contains a verb field (used for command execution). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49210 advisory
https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e web
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm web
https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl web