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CVE-2017-16042

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

Affected products

• HackerOne growl node module: before 1.10.2 — fixed in 1.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HackerOne growl node module 1.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60
• https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146
• https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60
• https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146

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