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CVE-2021-23355: Arbitrary Command Injection
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2021-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-78
Description
This affects all versions of package ps-kill. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the kill 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 in the index.js file. PoC (provided by reporter): var ps_kill = require('ps-kill'); ps_kill.kill('$(touch success)',function(){});
Affected products
- ps-kill: all versions
References
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