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CVE-2026-57998: better-npm-audit OS Command Injection via registry flag

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-22 · updated 2026-10-12
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

better-npm-audit through 3.11.0, and the 4.0.0-rc.2 prerelease, builds its npm audit command by interpolating the user-supplied --registry option into a command string in src/handlers/handleInput.ts without validation or quoting, then passes that string to child_process.exec() in index.ts, which spawns a shell. A registry value containing shell metacharacters such as a semicolon, pipe, or command substitution executes arbitrary operating system commands with the privileges of the process running the audit.

Affected products

• jeemok better-npm-audit: through 3.11.0; 4.0.0-rc.2

References

• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit
• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit/blob/fd99a0f41ff4342b8a0a6fdbe5a17261de3d0544/index.ts#L34
• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit/blob/fd99a0f41ff4342b8a0a6fdbe5a17261de3d0544/src/handlers/handleInput.ts#L30-L37
• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit/issues/119
• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit/pull/120
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/better-npm-audit-os-command-injection-via-registry-flag
• https://github.com/jeemok/better-npm-audit/issues/119

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