{"id":"CVE-2017-16042","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16042","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:35.588Z","title":"Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.","description":"Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.","published":"2018-06-04T19:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94","CWE-78"],"affected":["growl project/growl"],"epss":{"score":0.04581,"percentile":0.91585,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"support@hackerone.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16042","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}