Treekill Enables OS Command Injection

published 2019-12-18 6 y ago modified 2026-10-23 16 d ago also GHSA-j7fq-p9q7-5wfv , EUVD-2022-4302

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.7%; EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

A Code Injection exists in treekill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 2

npm tree-kill 1.2.2
tree-kill_project tree-kill 1.2.2

github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill@ff73dbf commit
github.com/pkrumins/node-tree-kill#31 pull request

Exploit prediction

2.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	tree-kill	<1.2.2	1.2.2

Affected products

n/a treekill

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

github.com /pkrumins/node-tree-kill/pull/31
web
github.com /pkrumins/node-tree-kill/commit/ff73dbf144c4c2daa67799a50dfff59cd455c63c
web
hackerone.com /reports/703415
web, permissions-required, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15598
advisory
github.com /pkrumins/node-tree-kill/issues/30
web
hackerone.com /reports/701183
web
github.com /node-modules/treekill/blob/master/index.js#L32
web
github.com /pkrumins/node-tree-kill
package
security.snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-TREEKILL-536781
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary