CVE-2021-23356: Kill-Process-By-Name Project Kill-Process-By-Name

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This affects all versions of package kill-process-by-name. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given, it is possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization in the index.js file.

Affected products

• Kill-Process-By-Name Project Kill-Process-By-Name: any version

Published 2021-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.