What is CVE-2022-25171?

CVE-2022-25171 is a high-severity vulnerability in P4 Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2022-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-25171?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

RCE in P4 Project

CVE-2022-25171

The package p4 before 0.0.7 are vulnerable to Command Injection via the run() function due to improper input sanitization

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.025 · change: +0.001

Affected products

P4 Project
P4 — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-P4-3167330 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/natelong/p4/blob/master/p4.js#L12 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
github.com/natelong/p4/commit/ae42e251beabf67c00539ec0e1d7aa149ca445fb (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25171?: CVE-2022-25171 is a high-severity vulnerability in P4 Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2022-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-25171?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.