CVE-2022-29078

ejs: server-side template injection in outputFunctionName

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 25, 2022

Updated · November 1, 2026

Description

A Command injection attack was found in ejs (Embedded JavaScript templates) for Node.js, which allows an attacker to execute server-side template injection in settings[view options][outputFunctionName]. This is parsed as an internal option and overwrites the outputFunctionName option with an arbitrary OS command executed upon template compilation.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code