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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2018-21268 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/commit/b99ee024a01a40d3d20a92ad3769cc78a3f6386f Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/tags Third Party Advisory 
https://medium.com/%40shay_62828/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package-a4cf7b6553e3
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:traceroute:20160311 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-activity-6678956453086191616-Rcpy Third Party Advisory 
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1465 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.npmjs.com/package/traceroute Product  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.op-c.net/2020/06/17/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-21268
NVD Published Date:
06/25/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE