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CVE-2021-23399: 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: 2021-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

This affects all versions of package wincred. If attacker-controlled user input is given to the getCredential 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

• wincred: all versions

References

• https://github.com/rolangom/wincred/blob/3fd39186ee32add9c12046cdccf2765d19565335/index.ts%23L20
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WINCRED-1078538
• https://github.com/rolangom/wincred/blob/3fd39186ee32add9c12046cdccf2765d19565335/index.ts%23L20
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WINCRED-1078538

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