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CVE-2021-23348: Arbitrary Command Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

This affects the package portprocesses before 1.0.5. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killProcess function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.

Affected products

• portprocesses: before 1.0.5 — fixed in 1.0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: portprocesses 1.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/blob/fffceb09aff7180afbd0bd172e820404b33c8299/index.js%23L23
• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/commit/86811216c9b97b01b5722f879f8c88a7aa4214e1
• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/security/advisories/GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536
• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/blob/fffceb09aff7180afbd0bd172e820404b33c8299/index.js%23L23
• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/commit/86811216c9b97b01b5722f879f8c88a7aa4214e1
• https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/security/advisories/GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536

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