{"id":"CVE-2026-42853","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-42853","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:17.709Z","title":"Versions of the @apostrophecms/cli package up to and including 3.6.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the apos create command.","description":"ApostropheCMS is an open-source Node.js content management system. Versions of the @apostrophecms/cli package up to and including 3.6.0 contain a command injection vulnerability in the apos create command. User-supplied input from the password prompt is embedded directly into a shell command without proper sanitization or escaping. This allows execution of arbitrary commands on the host system. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.","published":"2026-06-12T21:16:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T11:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00536,"percentile":0.4499,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-hcwq-x9fw-8cfq","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/security/advisories/GHSA-hcwq-x9fw-8cfq","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42853","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."}