Security advisory

{
  "id": "08db0cfcc86c8bff9ae837c46a1e1f1c3d40efe963089d48c1630adc67f99f1b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34083",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-34083",
    "summary": "Google-it is a Node.js package which allows its users to send search queries to Google and receive the results in a JSON format. When using the 'Open in browser' option in versions up to 1.6.2, google-it will unsafely concat the result's link retrieved from google to a shell command, potentially exposing the server to RCE.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-34083",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-34083",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-34083",
        "GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/patneedham/google-it",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d5903f36ec6a4b09814a573efc99ba31e97e1434"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:google-it_project:google-it:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.6.2",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.5.4",
            "v1.5.3",
            "v1.5.2",
            "v1.5.0",
            "v1.4.2",
            "v1.4.1",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.2",
            "v1.2.1",
            "v1.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-34083.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:45.200045756Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4777",
        "https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/lib/googleIt.js#L59",
        "https://github.com/PatNeedham/google-it/blob/v1.6.2/src/googleIt.js#L34"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-34083",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386084,
  "published_at": "2022-06-02T14:15:28.97+00:00"
}