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CVE-2019-10799

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

compile-sass prior to 1.0.5 allows execution of arbritary commands. The function "setupCleanupOnExit(cssPath)" within "dist/index.js" is executed as part of the "rm" command without any sanitization.

Affected products

• compile-sass: before 1.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: compile-sass 1.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/eiskalteschatten/compile-sass/commit/d9ada7797ff93875b6466dea7a78768e90a0f8d2
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COMPILESASS-551804
• https://github.com/eiskalteschatten/compile-sass/commit/d9ada7797ff93875b6466dea7a78768e90a0f8d2
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COMPILESASS-551804

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