What is CVE-2021-23378?

CVE-2021-23378 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Picotts Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-23378?

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

RCE in Picotts Project

CVE-2021-23378

This affects all versions of package picotts. If attacker-controlled user input is given to the say function, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2021-04-18 · 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: 0.019 (79.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Picotts Project
Picotts — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-PICOTTS-1078539 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/luisivan/node-picotts/blob/8c6b183b884890c8e9422f93036b374942398c8b/… (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23378?: CVE-2021-23378 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Picotts Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-23378?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.