Security advisory

{
  "id": "cc6690511d7fa3c7af53032874521d3b20208fcf8ac793c64567e7cc7b16dfaa",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23363",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23363",
    "summary": "This affects the package kill-by-port before 0.0.2. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killByPort function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23363",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23363",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23363",
        "GHSA-mm4f-47ch-f7hx",
        "SNYK-JS-KILLBYPORT-1078531"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/guymograbi/kill-by-port",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1b944a7783177355b8ac45e36df011b69fdbeed7"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ea5b1f377e196a4492e05ff070eba8b30b7372c4"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kill-by-port_project:kill-by-port:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.0.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "ea5b1f377e196a4492e05ff070eba8b30b7372c4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-23363.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:32.049686971Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/GuyMograbi/kill-by-port/blob/16dcbe264b6b4a5ecf409661b42836dd286fd43f/index.js%23L8",
        "https://github.com/GuyMograbi/kill-by-port/commit/ea5b1f377e196a4492e05ff070eba8b30b7372c4",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-KILLBYPORT-1078531"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23363",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385499,
  "published_at": "2021-03-30T15:15:15.48+00:00"
}