CVE-2017-16042
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.046 · 92 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (22)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1350Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen in Komponenten von DrittanbieternDeutsch2023-06-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise in diversen Komponenten von Drittanbietern ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- GHSA-qh2h-chj9-jffqGrowl before 1.10.0 vulnerable to Command Injection2018-06-08ghsa · osvUS
Affected versions of `growl` do not properly sanitize input prior to passing it into a shell command, allowing for arbitrary command execution. ## Recommendation Update to version 1.10.0 or later.
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references (11)
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- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60cnnvd
- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61cnnvd
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.3143cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-multiple-vulnerability-issues-affect-ibm-spectrum-symphony-7-3-1/cnnvd
- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61enisa_euvd
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146enisa_euvd
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