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CVE-2022-21129

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21129 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting versions of the paypal nemo-appium package prior to 0.0.9. This flaw stems from improper input sanitization within the 'module.exports.setup' function, requiring the appium-running 0.1.3 dependency to be installed for exploitation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 93/100, indicating high potential impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV, Hot List), no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and no media coverage, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, surpassing 99% of all CVEs.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paypal:nemo-appium:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.4
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 76th 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: nemo-appiumFixed in: 0.0.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-c6rx-gxqv-vr5jcritical

nemo-appium vulnerable to OS Command Injection

Jan 31, 2023

References

github.com / paypal/nemo-appium/blob/master/index.js%23L27
Broken Link
github.com / paypal/nemo-appium/commit/aa271d36dd5c81baae3c43aa2616c84f0ee4195f
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NEMOAPPIUM-3183747
ExploitThird Party Advisory