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Critical GHSA-4qqc-mp5f-ccv4

Command Injection in bestzip

Published Sep 2, 2020 · Updated Sep 2, 2020 · Assigned by GHSA

Description

Versions of `bestzip` prior to 2.1.7 are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize input rules and passes it directly to an `exec` call on the `zip` function . This may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system as long as the values of `destination` is user-controlled. This only affects users with a native `zip` command available. The following examples demonstrate the issue from the CLI and also programatically:
- `bestzip test.zip 'sourcefile; mkdir folder'`
- `zip({ source: 'sourcefile', destination: './test.zip; mkdir folder' })`

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm bestzip < 2.1.7 2.1.7 GHSA-4qqc-mp5f-ccv4

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