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CVE-2021-45459

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

lib/cmd.js in the node-windows package before 1.0.0-beta.6 for Node.js allows command injection via the PID parameter.

Affected products

• Node-Windows Project Node-Windows: through 0.1.14; 1.0.0-beta1, 1.0.0-beta2, 1.0.0-beta3, 1.0.0-beta4, 1.0.0-beta5

References

• https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows/compare/1.0.0-beta.5...1.0.0-beta.6
• https://github.com/dwisiswant0/advisory/issues/4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0004/
• https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows/compare/1.0.0-beta.5...1.0.0-beta.6
• https://github.com/dwisiswant0/advisory/issues/4
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0004/

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