CVE WatchAug 5, 2026

CVE-2026-71243

The backmeup npm package assembles shell command strings by directly concatenating its option values (name, source, destination, filter) - e

CVSS

8.8

High

EPSS

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KEV

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Exploit Today

0-100

Published: Aug 5, 2026 · Last modified: Aug 5, 2026 · CWE-78

EPSS · 30d

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Technical description

The backmeup npm package assembles shell command strings by directly concatenating its option values (name, source, destination, filter) - e.g. cmd = "mkdir -p " + path.join(info.destination, info.name) + "; " - and executes the resulting string through a shell via ssh2-exec (locally via child_process, or remotely via SSH when an ssh handle is supplied), rather than using execFile/spawn with an argument array. The only processing applied is path.normalize()/path.join(), which do not neutralize shell metacharacters (;, |, &, $(), backticks, newline). Any application that passes attacker-influenced values into these options (e.g. a user-chosen backup name) is vulnerable to arbitrary OS command execution on the backup host, or on the remote SSH target when one is configured.

Official references

github.comhttps://github.com/adaltas/node-backmeup

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