Security advisory

{
  "id": "d3a990e9d16686b14f4ffd9d29c3e3027c7345b723877d79f6b7eee5ad5f3201",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-45459",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-45459",
    "summary": "lib/cmd.js in the node-windows package before 1.0.0-beta.6 for Node.js allows command injection via the PID parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-45459",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-45459",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-45459",
        "GHSA-53xv-c2hx-5w6q"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "a379d31366edbd7a672a981e6c09e185ab448dd3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "1.0.0-beta.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.0.0-beta.5",
            "1.0.0-beta.4",
            "1.0.0-beta.3",
            "1.0.0-beta.2",
            "1.0.0-beta.1",
            "0.1.11"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-45459.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:08.696869227Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220107-0004/",
        "https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows/compare/1.0.0-beta.5...1.0.0-beta.6",
        "https://github.com/dwisiswant0/advisory/issues/4"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "node-windows_project:node-windows",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "0.1.14"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "node-windows_project:node-windows",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0.0-beta1"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.0.0-beta1"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0.0-beta2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.0.0-beta2"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0.0-beta3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.0.0-beta3"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0.0-beta4"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.0.0-beta4"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "1.0.0-beta5"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.0.0-beta5"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-45459",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386945,
  "published_at": "2021-12-22T06:15:07.13+00:00"
}