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CVE-2022-21191

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-21191 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting versions of the global-modules-path package prior to 3.0.0, stemming from insufficient input sanitization in the getPath function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:global-modules-path_project:global-modules-path:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0148 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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: global-modules-pathFixed in: 3.0.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-vvj3-85vf-fgmwcritical

global-modules-path Command Injection vulnerability

Jan 13, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-21191Critical

global-modules-path: Command Injection due to missing Input Sanitization

Jan 13, 2023

References

github.com / lorenzomigliorero/npm-node-utils/blob/b55dd81c597db657c9751332bb2242403fd3e26b/index.js%23L186
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
github.com / rosen-vladimirov/global-modules-path/commit/edbdaff077ea0cf295b1469923c06bbccad3c180
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / rosen-vladimirov/global-modules-path/releases/tag/v3.0.0
Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBALMODULESPATH-3167973
Third Party Advisory