Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-42740
The shell-quote package before 1.7.3 for Node.js allows command injection. An attacker can inject unescaped shell metacharacters through a regex designed to support Windows drive letters. If the output of this package is passed to a real shell as a quoted argument to a command with exec(), an attacker can inject arbitrary commands. This is because the Windows drive letter regex character class is {A-z] instead of the correct {A-Za-z]. Several shell metacharacters exist in the space between capital letter Z and lower case letter a, such as the backtick character.
Products affected by CVE-2021-42740
- cpe:2.3:a:shell-quote_project:shell-quote:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-42740
7.54%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 91 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-42740
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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NIST | |
9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-42740
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The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-42740
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https://github.com/substack/node-shell-quote/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#173
node-shell-quote/CHANGELOG.md at master · substack/node-shell-quote · GitHubThird Party Advisory
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https://www.npmjs.com/package/shell-quote
shell-quote - npmVendor Advisory
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https://github.com/substack/node-shell-quote/commit/5799416ed454aa4ec9afafc895b4e31760ea1abe
fix for security issue with windows drive letter regex · substack/node-shell-quote@5799416 · GitHubPatch;Third Party Advisory
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