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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-34080

OS Command Injection vulnerability in es128 ssl-utils 1.0.0 for Node.js allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unsanitized shell metacharacters provided to the createCertRequest() and the createCert() functions.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:20 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-34080

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jun 2022, 14:15 UTC

OS Command Injection vulnerability in es128 ssl-utils 1.0.0 for Node.js allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unsanitized shell metacharacters provided to the createCertRequest() and the createCert() functions.

osv:CVE-2021-34080
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.015648999Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437602,
  "published_at": "2022-06-02T14:15:28.843+00:00"
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