QID 375936

Date Published: 2021-10-06

QID 375936: Npm Package kill-port-process Command Injection Vulnerability

NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language. It is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js.

kill-port-process: Cross-platform module to stop one (or more) process(es) running on a port (or a list of ports).

CVE-2019-15609: The kill-port-process package version less than 2.2.0 is vulnerable to a Command Injection vulnerability.

Affected versions:
kill-port-process versions prior to 2.2.0

QID Detection logic:(Authenticated)
It will execute command npm list | grep 'kill-port-process' command to check the system information version

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary command on the target user.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to update kill-port-process package 2.2.0 or later . Please refer the Vendor advisory link kill-port-process

Vendor References

npm kill-port-process HomePage - www.npmjs.com/package/kill-port-process

CVEs related to QID 375936

CVE-2019-15609 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
npm kill-port-process HomePage			www.npmjs.com/package/kill-port-process

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