CVE-2021-23352
Command Injection
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2021 at 06:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMadge
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
This affects the package madge before 4.0.1. It is possible to specify a custom Graphviz path via the graphVizPath option parameter which when the .image(), .svg() or .dot() functions are called, is executed by the childprocess.exec function.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 4.0.1
Affected range stops below 4.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pahen/madge/blob/master/lib/graph.js%23L27x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pahen/madge/commit/da5cbc9ab30372d687fa7c324b22af7ffa5c6332x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MADGE-1082875CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89
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