CVE-2022-21191 (GCVE-0-2022-21191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-13 05:00 – Updated: 2025-04-04 14:55
VLAI?
Summary
Versions of the package global-modules-path before 3.0.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection due to missing input sanitization or other checks and sandboxes being employed to the getPath function.
Severity ?
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a global-modules-path Affected: 0 , < 3.0.0 (semver)
Credits
Johns Hopkins
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