High

Command Injection in tree-kill

  • Disclosed: 04.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Versions of tree-kill prior to 1.2.2 are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize values passed to the kill function. If this value is user-controlled it may allow attackers to run arbitrary commands in the server. The issue only affects Windows systems.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 1.2.2 or later.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package tree-kill < 1.2.2 1.2.2

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
npm
Package
tree-kill
Disclosed
04.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-884p-74jh-xrg2 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: tree-kill

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
09.2020 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 0
  3. 2022: 1
  4. 2023: 0
  5. 2024: 0
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 0
  1. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2019-15598 < 1.2.2 1.2.2
  2. Command Injection in tree-kill this entry
    High CVE-2019-15599 < 1.2.2 1.2.2

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