CVE-2023-49210

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The openssl (aka node-openssl) NPM package through 2.0.0 was characterized as "a nonsense wrapper with no real purpose" by its author, and accepts an opts argument that contains a verb field (used for command execution). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63eExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npmPatch
https://www.npmjs.com/package/opensslProduct
https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63eExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npmPatch
https://www.npmjs.com/package/opensslProduct

Timeline

Published: Nov 23, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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