# CVE-2021-23363: Arbitrary Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-MM4F-47CH-F7HX, SNYK-JS-KILLBYPORT-1078531
- 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: 0.0.2
- Published: 2021-03-30 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a kill-by-port: fixed in 0.0.2
- kill-by-port (npm): fixed in 0.0.2

## Description

This affects the package kill-by-port before 0.0.2. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killByPort 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 kill-by-port, kill-by-port, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-KILLBYPORT-1078531
- https://github.com/GuyMograbi/kill-by-port/blob/16dcbe264b6b4a5ecf409661b42836dd286fd43f/index.js%23L8
- https://github.com/GuyMograbi/kill-by-port/commit/ea5b1f377e196a4492e05ff070eba8b30b7372c4

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