CVE detail

CVE-2021-23356 — CVE-2021-23356

Published 2021-03-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor kill-process-by-name_project · Product kill-process-by-name · Source nvd

MEDIUM

severity

CVSS-derived band

5.6

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0115

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

64.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

This affects all versions of package kill-process-by-name. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization in the index.js file.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

cvedb.io · NVD · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS · vendor advisories (CVE Program List v5). Informational only, no warranty — verify every remediation against the vendor advisory before acting on it. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD, CISA, FIRST.org or any vendor named. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.