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node-qpdf vulnerable to command injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 14, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 5, 2023

Package

npm node-qpdf (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.0.3

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of the package node-qpdf are vulnerable to Command Injection such that the package-exported method encrypt() fails to sanitize its parameter input, which later flows into a sensitive command execution API. As a result, attackers may inject malicious commands once they can specify the input pdf file path.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 14, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 14, 2023
Reviewed Oct 17, 2023
Last updated Nov 5, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS score

0.177%
(56th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-26155

GHSA ID

GHSA-fpr8-4wvx-j9q3

Source code

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