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CVE-2021-45459

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45459 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the node-windows package (before version 1.0.0-beta.6) for Node.js, specifically within the lib/cmd.js component. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-windows_project:node-windows:1.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0406 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: node-windowsFixed in: 1.0.0-beta.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-53xv-c2hx-5w6qcritical

Command Injection in node-windows

Jan 5, 2022

References

github.com / coreybutler/node-windows/compare/1.0.0-beta.5...1.0.0-beta.6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / dwisiswant0/advisory/issues/4
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20220107-0004
Third Party Advisory