# CVE-2021-23348: Arbitrary Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-VM67-7VMG-66VM, SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.5
- Published: 2021-03-31 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a portprocesses: fixed in 1.0.5
- portprocesses (npm): fixed in 1.0.5

## Description

This affects the package portprocesses before 1.0.5. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killProcess function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a portprocesses, portprocesses, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/blob/fffceb09aff7180afbd0bd172e820404b33c8299/index.js%23L23
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/security/advisories/GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
- https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/commit/86811216c9b97b01b5722f879f8c88a7aa4214e1

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