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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTRxcWMtbXA1Zi1jY3Y0

Command Injection in bestzip

Versions of bestzip prior to 2.1.7 are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize input rules and passes it directly to an exec call on the zip function . This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system as long as the values of destination is user-controlled. This only affects users with a native zip command available. The following examples demonstrate the issue from the CLI and also programatically:

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qqc-mp5f-ccv4
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 4 years ago
Updated: about 2 years ago


Identifiers: GHSA-4qqc-mp5f-ccv4
References: Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages

npm:bestzip
Dependent packages: 209
Dependent repositories: 3,407
Downloads: 1,140,814 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 2.1.7
Fixed in: 2.1.7
All affected versions: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6
All unaffected versions: 2.1.7, 2.2.0, 2.2.1