What is GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4?

GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Command Injection in node-wifi

Why does GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4?

GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4 affects 1 product, including: npm/node-wifi:\u003c 2.0.12.

GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4CriticalDisclosed before NVD

Command Injection in node-wifi

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

Versions of node-wifi prior to 2.0.12 are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize user input, allowing attackers to inject commands through the ssid variable and possibly achieving Remote Code Execution on the system.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/node-wifi:< 2.0.12

🔗 References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/952
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4x6x-782q-jfc4