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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2022-29080 json

Command injection in npm-dependency-versions

published 2022-04-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-m7xq-8jp8-rj2c , EUVD-2022-1781

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The npm-dependency-versions package through 0.3.0 for Node.js allows command injection if an attacker is able to call dependencyVersions with a JSON object in which pkgs is a key, and there are shell metacharacters in a value.

Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/barneycarroll/npm-dependency-versions/issues/6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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 npm-dependency-versions
<=0.3.0
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

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.