Critical

Command injection in connection-tester

  • Disclosed: 17.12.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

This affects the package connection-tester before 0.2.1. The injection point is located in line 15 in index.js. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package connection-tester < 0.2.1 0.2.1

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Platform
npm
Package
connection-tester
Disclosed
17.12.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-w5mp-8p8w-mhh8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: connection-tester

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