# CVE-2020-7785: Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-4RV9-5VC4-88CG
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-02-08 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a node-ps: all versions
- node-ps (npm): through 0.0.2

## Description

This affects all versions of package node-ps. The injection point is located in line 72 in lib/index.js.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEPS-1048335
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-ps
- https://github.com/fortruce/node-ps/blob/master/lib/index.js%23L72

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