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CVE-2018-13797

nodejs-macaddress: improper input validation leading to command injection

Published Modified CWE 78
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Red Hat. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
npm::GitHub Security Advisory npmmacaddress0.2.9
debian 11node-macaddress0.2.9-1
debian 12node-macaddress0.2.9-1
debian 13node-macaddress0.2.9-1
debian 14node-macaddress0.2.9-1
echonode-macaddress0.2.9-1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMnode-macaddressno fix listed

References

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