Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-45459

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 22 December 2021

Published
22 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0291 86.7th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-45459 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Node-Windows Project Node-Windows. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

lib/cmd.js in the node-windows package before 1.0.0-beta.6 for Node.js allows command injection via the PID parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

node-windows project
node-windows
1.0.0 · ≤ 0.1.14

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References