CVE-2022-32212 Command injection in Node

What is CVE-2022-32212?

CVE-2022-32212 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in Node.js versions <14.20.0, <16.20.0, <18.5.0 due to an insufficient IsAllowedHost check that can easily be bypassed because IsIPAddress does not properly check if an IP address is invalid before making DBS requests allowing rebinding attacks.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32212?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including node and node-min. It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Nodejs Node.js, Siemens Sinec Ins.

How do I fix CVE-2022-32212?

Upgrade node to a fixed version for your release line: 14.14.1, 14.20.1, 16.12.1 or 16.17.1.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-32212 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-10149, BIT-node-2022-32212, BIT-node-min-2022-32212, CLEANSTART-2026-DF66102, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-32212, GHSA-w95h-2gj2-x2p4 and 1 more.