Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-29080

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 12 April 2022

Published
12 April 2022
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 0.0226 85.0th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-29080 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Npm-Dependency-Versions Project Npm-Dependency-Versions. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.0% 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

The npm-dependency-versions package through 0.3.0 for Node.js allows command injection if an attacker is able to call dependencyVersions with a JSON object in which pkgs is a key, and there are shell metacharacters in a value.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

npm-dependency-versions project
npm-dependency-versions
≤ 0.3.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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