THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-21268
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-21268

Traceroute vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.3%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Traceroute Project
Affected product
Traceroute
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-06-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-21268

  • Confirm whether Traceroute Project Traceroute is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-21268.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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