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High · 7.8 CVE-2026-57998 EUVD-2026-64261GHSA-f8p4-pxm9-xwx5

better-npm-audit OS Command Injection via registry flag

Published Aug 22, 2026 · Updated Aug 29, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

better-npm-audit through 3.11.0, and the 4.0.0-rc.2 prerelease, builds its npm audit command by interpolating the user-supplied --registry option into a command string in src/handlers/handleInput.ts without validation or quoting, then passes that string to child_process.exec() in index.ts, which spawns a shell. A registry value containing shell metacharacters such as a semicolon, pipe, or command substitution executes arbitrary operating system commands with the privileges of the process running the audit.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
jeemok better-npm-audit ≤ 3.11.0, 4.0.0-rc.2 —

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