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CVE-2021-21414: Command injection vulnerability in @prisma/sdk in getPackedPackage function

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Prisma is an open source ORM for Node.js & TypeScript. As of today, we are not aware of any Prisma users or external consumers of the `@prisma/sdk` package who are affected by this security vulnerability. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. It only affects the `getPackedPackage` function and this function is not advertised and only used for tests & building our CLI, no malicious code was found after checking our codebase.

Affected products

• prisma: before 2.20.0 — fixed in 2.20.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: prisma 2.20.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/prisma/prisma/pull/6245
• https://github.com/prisma/prisma/security/advisories/GHSA-pxcc-hj8w-fmm7
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0003/
• https://github.com/prisma/prisma/pull/6245
• https://github.com/prisma/prisma/security/advisories/GHSA-pxcc-hj8w-fmm7
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0003/

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