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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16460

A command Injection in ps package versions <1.0.0 for Node.js allowed arbitrary commands to be executed when attacker controls the PID.

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CVE-2018-16460
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1 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16460

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Sept 2018, 18:29 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16460",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-16460",
    "summary": "A command Injection in ps package versions <1.0.0 for Node.js allowed arbitrary commands to be executed when attacker controls the PID.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16460",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-cfhg-9x44-78h2"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/umbraengineering/ps",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "93ec05b2e61d87985e0b829ea241372add45d5f3"
                }
              ],
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                    "range": [
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                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.0.0"
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                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:49.804620340Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/390848"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-16460",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437076,
  "published_at": "2018-09-07T18:29:00.497+00:00"
}