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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS04ajl2LXFocDQtd3Y1Nc4AAlJF

Node-Traceroute RCE Vulnerability

The traceroute (aka node-traceroute) package through 1.0.0 for Node.js allows remote command injection via the host parameter. This occurs because the Child.exec() method, which is considered to be not entirely safe, is used. In particular, an OS command can be placed after a newline character.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: almost 2 years ago
Updated: 7 months ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55, CVE-2018-21268
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21268
• https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/commit/b99ee024a01a40d3d20a92ad3769cc78a3f6386f
• https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/tags
• https://medium.com/@shay_62828/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package-a4cf7b6553e3
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:traceroute:20160311
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-activity-6678956453086191616-Rcpy
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1465
• https://www.op-c.net/2020/06/17/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package/
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55

Repository: https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute
Blast Radius: 17.7

Affected Packages