What is CVE-2019-10796?

CVE-2019-10796 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rpi Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-10796?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Rpi Project

CVE-2019-10796

rpi through 0.0.3 allows execution of arbritary commands. The variable pinNumbver in function GPIO within src/lib/gpio.js is used as part of the arguement of exec function without any sanitization.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-02-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rpi Project
Rpi — versions All versions including 0.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

github.com/xseignard/rpi/blob/master/src/lib/gpio.js (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-RPI-548942 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10796?: CVE-2019-10796 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rpi Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-10796?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.