CVE-2021-28918

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28918
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-01 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper input validation of octal strings in netmask npm package v1.0.6 and below allows unauthenticated remote attackers to perform indeterminate SSRF, RFI, and LFI attacks on many of the dependent packages. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass packages relying on netmask to filter IPs and reach critical VPN or LAN hosts.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-704

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netmask Project Netmask All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Critical netmask networking bug impacts thousands of applications MISC www.bleepingcomputer.com
Vulnerability in ‘netmask’ npm Package Affects 280,000 Projects MISC rootdaemon.com
security/SICK-2021-011.md at master · sickcodes/security · GitHub MISC github.com
GitHub - rs/node-netmask: Parse and lookup IP network blocks MISC github.com
netmask npm package vulnerable to octal input data · CVE-2021-28918 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub MISC github.com
netmask - npm MISC www.npmjs.com
CVE-2021-28918 Node.js Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375431 Npm Package Netmask Octal Input Data Vulnerability
  • 982376 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for netmask (GHSA-4c7m-wxvm-r7gc)

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