CVE-2023-49210

critical

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.

References

https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm

https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-11-23

Updated: 2024-08-02

Named Vulnerability: openssl npm package command execution vulnerability

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01038