Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-25083 affects the Node.js pullit package before 1.4.0. A malicious Git branch name could be treated as executable input, potentially letting an attacker run operating-system commands in the affected process context.
Executive priority
Treat as urgent only where pullit is present. Prioritize CI, deployment, and repository automation first because successful exploitation could compromise code, secrets, or host integrity.
Technical view
The issue is reported as CWE-78 OS command injection caused by use of eval on an attacker-supplied Git branch name in pullit before 1.4.0. CVSS 3.1 is 9.8, reflecting network reachability, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to environments that use the npm pullit package before 1.4.0. Risk is higher where pullit processes branch names from untrusted repositories, users, automation, or CI workflows.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability is still serious because the reported primitive is command execution if attacker-controlled branch names reach the vulnerable path.
Researcher notes
The public metadata names pullit before 1.4.0 and references a fixing commit, but affected CPE details are not provided. Do not broaden scope beyond pullit without local dependency evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory applications and build tooling for pullit usage.
- Upgrade pullit to 1.4.0 or later where present.
- Check vendor and package advisory guidance before relying on alternative mitigations.
- Restrict untrusted branch names from reaching affected automation until remediated.
- Rebuild and redeploy affected services after dependency updates.
Validation and detection
- Review package manifests and lockfiles for pullit.
- Confirm no deployed artifact includes pullit before 1.4.0.
- Trace whether pullit receives branch names from untrusted sources.
- Run dependency scanning after remediation.
- Review CI and automation logs for suspicious pullit-related failures.
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/npm:pullit:20180214CVE reference
- https://github.com/jkup/pullit/commit/4fec455774ee08f4dce0ef2ef934ffcc37219bfbCVE reference
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