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CVE-2016-10541 (GCVE-0-2016-10541)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:18
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Summary
The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape ">" and "<" operator used for redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulnerable. A malicious user could perform code injection.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne shell-quote node module Affected: <=1.6.0
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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