CVE-2018-13797
The macaddress module before 0.2.9 for Node.js is prone to an arbitrary command injection flaw, due to allowing unsanitized input to an exec (rather than execFile) call.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The macaddress module before 0.2.9 for Node.js is prone to an arbitrary command injection flaw, due to allowing unsanitized input to an exec (rather than execFile) call.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.66% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- node-macaddress project/node-macaddress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/commit/358fd594adb196a86b94ac9c691f69fe5dad2332Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/releases/tag/0.2.9Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283394Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/commit/358fd594adb196a86b94ac9c691f69fe5dad2332Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/pull/20/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/scravy/node-macaddress/releases/tag/0.2.9Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17283394Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.