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CVE-2023-49210

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-49210 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the node-openssl NPM package through version 2.0.0. The package, described by its author as a "nonsense wrapper," allows arbitrary command execution via the 'verb' field within the 'opts' argument. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While highly severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is important to note that this vulnerability only impacts products no longer supported by the maintainer.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-openssl_project:node-openssl:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0191 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-75w2-qv55-x7fvcritical

openssl npm package vulnerable to command execution

Nov 23, 2023

References

gist.github.com / mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm
Patch
npmjs.com / package/openssl
Product