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CVE-2017-16042

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.41% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2017-16042
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.41%

Original NVD Description

Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.