Code Injection in morgan

published 2019-03-17 7 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also GHSA-gwg9-rgvj-4h5j , EUVD-2019-0382

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.4%; EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits: 0; none known

An attacker can use the format parameter to inject arbitrary commands in the npm package morgan < 1.9.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

npm morgan 1.9.1
morgan_project morgan 1.9.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-5413 updated 2026-11-02 cvss 5.0

nodejs-morgan: Unescaped input in compile() function

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 nodejs-morgan Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 nodejs-morgan Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 nodejs-morgan Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 nodejs-morgan
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 nodejs-morgan Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 nodejs-morgan
affected: no fix available

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 6 d ago (2026-11-02)

Exploit prediction

3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/390881 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/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	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	morgan	<1.9.1	1.9.1

Affected products

n/a morgan

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5413
GitHub Advisory GHSA-gwg9-rgvj-4h5j
NVD CVE-2019-5413

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Summary