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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268
Aliases CVE-2018-21268
GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55
Summary Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') The traceroute (aka node-traceroute) package through 1.0.0 for Node.js allows remote command injection via the host parameter. This occurs because the Child.exec() method, which is considered to be not entirely safe, is used. In particular, an OS command can be placed after a newline character.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268.yml
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/commit/b99ee024a01a40d3d20a92ad3769cc78a3f6386f
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/tags
https://medium.com/@shay_62828/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package-a4cf7b6553e3
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:traceroute:20160311
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-activity-6678956453086191616-Rcpy
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1465
https://www.op-c.net/2020/06/17/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package/
CVE-2018-21268 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21268
GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9v-qhp4-wv55
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268.yml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/traceroute/CVE-2018-21268.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.