CVE catalog
CVE-2017-16042
node-growl: CVE-2017-16042
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.58% · Oct 27, 2026
Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-growl | sid | 1.10.5-4 | fixed |
| Debian | node-growl | forky | 1.10.5-4 | fixed |
| Debian | node-growl | trixie | 1.10.5-4 | fixed |
| Debian | node-growl | bookworm | 1.10.5-4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-growl | 16.04 | 1.7.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-growl | 18.04 | 1.7.0-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-growl | source | sid | 1.10.5-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [900868] |
| Debian | node-growl | source | forky | 1.10.5-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [900868] |
| Debian | node-growl | source | trixie | 1.10.5-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [900868] |
| Debian | node-growl | source | bookworm | 1.10.5-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [900868] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [node-growl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.10.5-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.10.5-1dsa · node-growl · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-growl · debian · 12
1.10.5-4· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.10.5-1dsa · node-growl · debian · bookworm; dsa · node-growl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [node-growl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.10.5-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.10.5-1dsa · node-growl · debian · 13
1.10.5-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.10.5-1dsa · node-growl · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16042]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16042]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16042]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-16042.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-1350.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]