Pidusage
CVE-2017-1000220
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 13 npm packages depend on pidusage (1 direct, 12 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.1.5.
DescriptionCVE.org
soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution
AnalysisAI
soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 11.8%.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. soyuka/pidusage <=1.1.4 is vulnerable to command injection in the module resulting in arbitrary command execution Affected products include: Pidusage Project Pidusage.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
Same weakness CWE-78 – OS Command Injection
View allSame technique Command Injection
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External POC / Exploit Code
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