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Command Injection in whereis

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 31, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 12, 2023

Package

npm whereis (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.4.1

Patched versions

0.4.1

Description

Versions of whereis before 0.4.1 are vulnerable to command injection if untrusted user input is passed into whereis.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.4.1 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 31, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 12, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-3772

GHSA ID

GHSA-wjr4-2jgw-hmv8

Source code

No known source code
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