TI-2024-14245 Aliases CVE-2024-21488 GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg

Command injection in network

HIGH 76CWE-77Published 2024-01-30 · Updated 2026-07-26

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: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

Versions of the package network before 0.7.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the mac_address_for function of the package, it is possible for the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system that this package is being run on.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.03302 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed network: 0.7.0network (npm): 0.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	network	before 0.7.0	0.7.0	Patch available	CNA
—	org.webjars.npm:network	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	network (npm)	before 0.7.0	0.7.0	Patch available	GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg

network Vendor— Affected before 0.7.0 Fixed in 0.7.0 Patch available CNA
org.webjars.npm:network Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
network (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.7.0 Fixed in 0.7.0 Patch available GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:forkhq:network::::::node.js::*	before 0.7.0	Vulnerable	Forkhq

cpe:2.3:a:forkhq:network:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 0.7.0 Vulnerable ·Forkhq

Remediation

Fix · CNA network Fixed in 0.7.0
Fix · GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg network (npm) Fixed in 0.7.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21488
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg

References

Exploit 1

https://gist.github.com/icemonster/282ab98fb68fc22aac7c576538f6369c

Patch 3

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21488

Other 1

https://github.com/tomas/network

Sources

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