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CVE-2021-23374: Arbitrary Command Injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

This affects all versions of package ps-visitor. 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.

Affected products

• ps-visitor: all versions

References

• https://github.com/WisdomKwan/ps-visitor/blob/cdfc934a8e4af95aa0473f4b2a4bd091d09faf2f/index.js%23L404
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PSVISITOR-1078544
• https://github.com/WisdomKwan/ps-visitor/blob/cdfc934a8e4af95aa0473f4b2a4bd091d09faf2f/index.js%23L404
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PSVISITOR-1078544

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