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TI-2021-06052 Aliases CVE-2021-23356GHSA-qc65-cgvr-93p6

Arbitrary command injection in kill-process-by-name

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01146 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—kill-process-by-nameall versions—No fix listedCNA
—kill-process-by-name (npm)up to 1.0.5—No fix listedGHSA-qc65-cgvr-93p6
  • kill-process-by-name Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • kill-process-by-name (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.0.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-qc65-cgvr-93p6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kill-process-by-name_project:kill-process-by-name:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*all versionsVulnerableKill-process-by-name Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:kill-process-by-name_project:kill-process-by-name:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Kill-process-by-name Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-23356
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qc65-cgvr-93p6

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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