CVE-2021-23356

Arbitrary Command Injection

This affects all versions of package kill-process-by-name. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization in the index.js file.

Affected

kill-process-by-name

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 SNYK

5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 NVD

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

EPSS

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 66th percentile

Published

2021-03-15

Updated

2024-09-16

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-KILLPROCESSBYNAME-1078534

Security advisories

• advisories/GHSA-qc65-cgvr-93p6

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry