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CVE-2013-7381

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

libnotify before 1.0.4 for Node.js allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified characters in a call to libnotify.notify.

Affected products

• Libnotify Project Libnotify: before 1.0.4 — fixed in 1.0.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Libnotify Project Libnotify 1.0.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/13/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/2
• https://github.com/mytrile/node-libnotify/commit/dfe7801d73a0dda10663a0ff3d0ec8b4d5f0d448
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/libnotify_potential_command_injection_in_libnotify.notify
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/13/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/2
• https://github.com/mytrile/node-libnotify/commit/dfe7801d73a0dda10663a0ff3d0ec8b4d5f0d448
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/libnotify_potential_command_injection_in_libnotify.notify

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