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CVE-2018-21268 Details

Description

The traceroute (aka node-traceroute) package through 1.0.0 for Node.js allows remote command injection via the host parameter. This occurs because the Child.exec() method, which is considered to be not entirely safe, is used. In particular, an OS command can be placed after a newline character.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:10 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/commit/b99ee024a01a40d3d20a92ad3769cc78a3f6386f	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/tags	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40shay_62828/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package-a4cf7b6553e3	CVE
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:traceroute:20160311	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-activity-6678956453086191616-Rcpy	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1465	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/package/traceroute	CVE	ProductThird Party Advisory
https://www.op-c.net/2020/06/17/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package/	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/commit/b99ee024a01a40d3d20a92ad3769cc78a3f6386f	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/jaw187/node-traceroute/tags	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40shay_62828/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package-a4cf7b6553e3	[email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:traceroute:20160311	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-activity-6678956453086191616-Rcpy	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1465	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/package/traceroute	[email protected]	ProductThird Party Advisory
https://www.op-c.net/2020/06/17/shell-command-injection-through-traceroute-npm-package/	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-74	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
traceroute project traceroute	<= 1.0.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:traceroute_project:traceroute::::::node.js::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 6, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]