CVE-2021-23399
Arbitrary Command Injection
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- snyk
Description
This affects all versions of package wincred. If attacker-controlled user input is given to the getCredential 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By snyk
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| snykCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
- Arbitrary Command Injection
- CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs
Affected products
wincred
- affected < unspecified
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmwincredGHSA-v85c-hgq5-7pfw (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WINCRED-1078538 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/rolangom/wincred/blob/3fd39186ee32add9c12046cdccf2765d19565335/index.ts%23L20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v85c-hgq5-7pfw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2021-23399)Record last updated .