CVE-2017-16042

Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

Affected

HackerOne · growl node module

CVSS v3.0 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile

Published

2018-06-04

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2017-160420★ · 2020-11-30

Security advisories

• tj/node-growl/pull/61
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146
• advisories/GHSA-qh2h-chj9-jffq

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry