Description
This affects the package portprocesses before 1.0.5. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the killProcess function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/blob/fffceb09aff7180afbd0bd172e820404b33c8299/index.js%23L23
https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/commit/86811216c9b97b01b5722f879f8c88a7aa4214e1
https://github.com/rrainn/PortProcesses/security/advisories/GHSA-vm67-7vmg-66vm
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PORTPROCESSES-1078536
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