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CVE-2024-21488

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-21488 is a critical arbitrary command injection vulnerability affecting versions of the 'network' package for Node.js prior to 0.7.0. It arises from unsanitized user input being passed to the 'mac_address_for' function, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the host operating system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, it has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness of its severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forkhq:network:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0327 is in the 79th 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: networkFixed in: 0.7.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfghigh

network Arbitrary Command Injection vulnerability

Jan 30, 2024

References

gist.github.com / icemonster/282ab98fb68fc22aac7c576538f6369c
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
github.com / tomas/network/commit/5599ed6d6ff1571a5ccadea775430c131f381de7
Patch
github.com / tomas/network/commit/6ec8713580938ab4666df2f2d0f3399891ed2ad7
Patch
github.com / tomas/network/commit/72c523265940fe279eb0050d441522628f8988e5
Patch
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-11426552
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NETWORK-6184371
ExploitThird Party Advisory