{"cve":"CVE-2023-49210","nvd":{"published":"2023-11-23T20:15:07.157","modified":"2026-06-17T06:35:36.430","status":"Modified","description":"The openssl (aka node-openssl) NPM package through 2.0.0 was characterized as \"a nonsense wrapper with no real purpose\" by its author, and accepts an opts argument that contains a verb field (used for command execution). NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e","https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm","https://www.npmjs.com/package/openssl","https://gist.github.com/mcoimbra/b05a55a5760172dccaa0a827647ad63e","https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/tree/main/malicious/npm"],"products":["node-openssl_project:node-openssl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:07.670898610+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-49210","score":0.01909,"percentile":0.79781,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-75w2-qv55-x7fv","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-75w2-qv55-x7fv","summary":"openssl npm package vulnerable to command execution","modified":"2023-11-30T22:05:44Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"openssl","purl":"pkg:npm/openssl","ranges":["<=2.0.0"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}