# CVE-2017-16042: Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs.

- Also known as: GHSA-QH2H-CHJ9-JFFQ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.10.2, 1.10.0
- Published: 2018-06-04 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- HackerOne growl node module: fixed in 1.10.2
- growl (npm): fixed in 1.10.0

## Description

Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HackerOne growl node module, growl, upgrade to a fixed version (1.10.2, 1.10.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146
- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61
- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60

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