High

window-control vulnerable to Command Injection due to improper input sanitization

  • Disclosed: 04.01.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

window-control is an npm package that provides tools to manage window focus. Versions before 1.4.5 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the sendKeys function due to improper input sanitization.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package window-control < 1.4.5 1.4.5

References

CVSS score 7.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-77
Platform
npm
Package
window-control
Disclosed
04.01.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9mjx-wfqp-j5ph - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: window-control

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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