CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-49210
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
The openssl (aka node-openssl) NPM package through 2.0.0 was characterized as "a nonsense wrapper with no real purpose" by its author, and accepts an opts argument that contains a verb field (used for command execution). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected configurations
• node-openssl project node-openssl (<= 2.0.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm Patch
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl Product
- https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm Patch
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl Product