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Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting ps package, versions <1.0.0

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Privileges Required High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.32% (71st percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-PS-72307
  • published 9 Sep 2018
  • disclosed 7 Sep 2018
  • credit Cristian-Alexandru Staicu
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Introduced: 7 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16460 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade ps to version 1.0.0 or higher.

Overview

ps is A Node.js module for looking up running processes.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection. An attacker could inject arbitrary OS commands instead of PID numbers.