CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Description
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-108 · CAPEC-15 · CAPEC-43 · CAPEC-6 · CAPEC-88
CVEs mapped to this weakness (6,475)
page 282 of 324| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-20934 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Nov 15, 2022 | A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation… | ||
| CVE-2022-39224 | Hig | 0.39 | 7.0 | 0.02 | Sep 21, 2022 | Arr-pm is an RPM reader/writer library written in Ruby. Versions prior to 0.0.12 are subject to OS command injection resulting in shell execution if the RPM contains a malicious "payload compressor" field. This vulnerability impacts the `extract` and `files` methods of the… | ||
| CVE-2022-22555 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.01 | Jul 21, 2022 | Dell EMC PowerStore, contains an OS command injection Vulnerability. A locally authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the PowerStore underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable… | ||
| CVE-2021-43589 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Jan 24, 2022 | Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC UnityVSA and Dell EMC Unity XT versions prior to 5.1.2.0.5.007 contain an operating system (OS) command injection Vulnerability. A locally authenticated user with high privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of… | ||
| CVE-2021-1584 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Aug 25, 2021 | A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a… | ||
| CVE-2021-21599 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Aug 16, 2021 | Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x - 9.2.1.x contain an OS command injection vulnerability. This may allow a user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE to escalate privileges and escape the compliance guarantees. This only impacts Smartlock WORM compliance mode… | ||
| CVE-2021-31799 | Hig | 0.39 | 7.0 | 0.01 | Jul 30, 2021 | In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with Ruby through 3.0.1, it is possible to execute arbitrary code via | and tags in a filename. | ||
| CVE-2021-1558 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | May 22, 2021 | Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of… | ||
| CVE-2021-1557 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | May 22, 2021 | Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of… | ||
| CVE-2021-21550 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | May 6, 2021 | Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0-9.1.0 contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability. This vulnerability can allow an authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE privileges to escalate privileges. | ||
| CVE-2021-21527 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | May 6, 2021 | Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0-9.1.0 contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE privileges to escalate privileges. | ||
| CVE-2021-21526 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.00 | Apr 20, 2021 | Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root. | ||
| CVE-2021-1382 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.01 | Mar 24, 2021 | A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation on certain CLI… | ||
| CVE-2019-1709 | Med | 0.39 | 6.0 | 0.01 | May 3, 2019 | A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting… | ||
| CVE-2026-54182 | hig | 0.38 | — | — | Aug 20, 2026 | ## Summary `Backpack\CRUD\Stats::makeCurlRequest` builds a shell command using unescaped input that originates from the HTTP `Host` header, then passes it to `exec()`. A specially crafted Host header can break out of the shell argument and cause the server to execute arbitrary… | ||
| CVE-2026-55157 | hig | 0.38 | — | — | Aug 14, 2026 | ### Summary `token-optimizer-mcp` is vulnerable to OS command injection in the `smart_user` tool. The `get-user-info` operation accepts a user-controlled `username` argument and later interpolates it into a shell command executed through `execAsync()`: ```ts getent passwd… | ||
| CVE-2026-70611 | Med | 0.38 | 6.9 | 0.00 | Aug 5, 2026 | Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, the DevTools reveal in file manager action could launch the target file rather than reveal it. An attacker with a separate… | ||
| CVE-2026-46618 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Jun 10, 2026 | Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.23.0, before the round-1 security sweep, pkg/builder/builder.go passed Environment.spec.builder.command directly into… | ||
| CVE-2025-9997 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.00 | Sep 9, 2025 | CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause command injection in BLMon that is executed in the operating system console when in a SSH session. | ||
| CVE-2025-9996 | Med | 0.38 | — | 0.01 | Sep 9, 2025 | CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause the execution of any shell command when executing a netstat command using BLMon Console in an SSH session. |
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software and Cisco FXOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation…
- risk 0.39cvss 7.0epss 0.02
Arr-pm is an RPM reader/writer library written in Ruby. Versions prior to 0.0.12 are subject to OS command injection resulting in shell execution if the RPM contains a malicious "payload compressor" field. This vulnerability impacts the `extract` and `files` methods of the…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.01
Dell EMC PowerStore, contains an OS command injection Vulnerability. A locally authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the PowerStore underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC UnityVSA and Dell EMC Unity XT versions prior to 5.1.2.0.5.007 contain an operating system (OS) command injection Vulnerability. A locally authenticated user with high privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.x - 9.2.1.x contain an OS command injection vulnerability. This may allow a user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE to escalate privileges and escape the compliance guarantees. This only impacts Smartlock WORM compliance mode…
- risk 0.39cvss 7.0epss 0.01
In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with Ruby through 3.0.1, it is possible to execute arbitrary code via | and tags in a filename.
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco DNA Spaces Connector could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0-9.1.0 contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability. This vulnerability can allow an authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE privileges to escalate privileges.
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0-9.1.0 contain an improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an authenticated user with ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_SSH or ISI_PRIV_LOGIN_CONSOLE privileges to escalate privileges.
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.00
Dell PowerScale OneFS 8.1.0 - 9.1.0 contains a privilege escalation in SmartLock compliance mode that may allow compadmin to execute arbitrary commands as root.
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.01
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands to be executed with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation on certain CLI…
- risk 0.39cvss 6.0epss 0.01
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss —
## Summary `Backpack\CRUD\Stats::makeCurlRequest` builds a shell command using unescaped input that originates from the HTTP `Host` header, then passes it to `exec()`. A specially crafted Host header can break out of the shell argument and cause the server to execute arbitrary…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss —
### Summary `token-optimizer-mcp` is vulnerable to OS command injection in the `smart_user` tool. The `get-user-info` operation accepts a user-controlled `username` argument and later interpolates it into a shell command executed through `execAsync()`: ```ts getent passwd…
- risk 0.38cvss 6.9epss 0.00
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, the DevTools reveal in file manager action could launch the target file rather than reveal it. An attacker with a separate…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
Fission is an open-source, Kubernetes-native serverless framework that simplifies the deployment of functions and applications on Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.23.0, before the round-1 security sweep, pkg/builder/builder.go passed Environment.spec.builder.command directly into…
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.00
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause command injection in BLMon that is executed in the operating system console when in a SSH session.
- risk 0.38cvss —epss 0.01
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause the execution of any shell command when executing a netstat command using BLMon Console in an SSH session.