CVE-2018-13797
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6.7% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The macaddress module before 0.2.9 for Node.js is prone to an arbitrary command injection flaw, due to allowing unsanitized input to an exec (rather than execFile) call.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.66% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-07-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| node-macaddress project | node-macaddress |
References
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/commit/358fd594adb196a86b94ac9c691f69fe5dad2332
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20/
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/releases/tag/0.2.9
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283394
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/commit/358fd594adb196a86b94ac9c691f69fe5dad2332
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20/
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/releases/tag/0.2.9
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283394
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