Critical
Security advisory
A command Injection in ps package versions <1.0.0 for Node.js allowed arbitrary commands to be executed when attacker controls the PID.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-16460
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A command Injection in ps package versions <1.0.0 for Node.js allowed arbitrary commands to be executed when attacker controls the PID.
osv:CVE-2018-16460
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.804620340Z",
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"references": [
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