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CVE-2026-71243 (GCVE-0-2026-71243)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 10:56 – Updated: 2026-08-10 11:45

Title

backmeup (npm) - OS Command Injection via Backup Option Values

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-05 12:50 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - OS Command Injection

Assigner

TuranSec

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/adaltas/node-backmeup	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
adaltas	backmeup	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.0.2 (custom)

Date Public

2026-08-05 10:56

Credits

Timur Juraev

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GHSA-C6XG-RFQH-85CP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 12:31 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:31

Details

The backmeup npm package assembles shell command strings by directly concatenating its option values (name, source, destination, filter) - e.g. cmd = "mkdir -p " + path.join(info.destination, info.name) + "; " - and executes the resulting string through a shell via ssh2-exec (locally via child_process, or remotely via SSH when an ssh handle is supplied), rather than using execFile/spawn with an argument array. The only processing applied is path.normalize()/path.join(), which do not neutralize shell metacharacters (;, |, &, $(), backticks, newline). Any application that passes attacker-influenced values into these options (e.g. a user-chosen backup name) is vulnerable to arbitrary OS command execution on the backup host, or on the remote SSH target when one is configured.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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