CVE-2021-23363

Arbitrary Command Injection

This affects the package kill-by-port before 0.0.2. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killByPort function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.

Affected

kill-by-port

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 SNYK

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2021-03-30

Updated

2024-09-17

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-KILLBYPORT-1078531

Security advisories

• GuyMograbi/kill-by-port/commit/ea5b1f377e196a4492e05ff070eba8b30b7372c4
• advisories/GHSA-mm4f-47ch-f7hx

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry