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node-qpdf vulnerable to command injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 14, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 5, 2023

Package

npm node-qpdf (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.0.3

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of the package node-qpdf are vulnerable to Command Injection such that the package-exported method encrypt() fails to sanitize its parameter input, which later flows into a sensitive command execution API. As a result, attackers may inject malicious commands once they can specify the input pdf file path.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 14, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 14, 2023
Reviewed Oct 17, 2023
Last updated Nov 5, 2023

Severity

High
7.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-26155

GHSA ID

GHSA-fpr8-4wvx-j9q3

Source code

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