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CVE-2021-29369

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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: none known
• Published: 2021-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.

Affected products

• Gnuplot Project Gnuplot: before 0.1.0 — fixed in 0.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gnuplot Project Gnuplot 0.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/rkesters/gnuplot/commit/23671d4d3d28570fb19a936a6328bfac742410de
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40rkesters/gnuplot
• https://github.com/rkesters/gnuplot/commit/23671d4d3d28570fb19a936a6328bfac742410de
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40rkesters/gnuplot

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