CVE-2018-3786
Command Injection in egg-scripts
A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.
- Record
CVE-2018-3786- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.
- Record
CVE-2018-3786- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0451 No score
A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0451- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9
Command Injection in egg-scripts
Versions of egg-scripts before 2.8.1 are vulnerable to command injection. This is only exploitable if a malicious argument is provided on the command line.
Example:
eggctl start --daemon --stderr='/tmp/eggctl_stderr.log; touch /tmp/malicious'
Recommendation
Update to version 2.8.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.
- Record
CVE-2018-3786- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9
Command Injection in egg-scripts
Versions of egg-scripts before 2.8.1 are vulnerable to command injection. This is only exploitable if a malicious argument is provided on the command line.
Example:
eggctl start --daemon --stderr='/tmp/eggctl_stderr.log; touch /tmp/malicious'
Recommendation
Update to version 2.8.1 or later.
- Record
GHSA-c9j3-wqph-5xx9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
egg-scriptsnpm |
before 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | erik-krogh/egg-scripts-CVE-2018-3786 | 2020-05-19 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-3786 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Egg Egg-scripts, published August 24, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.3%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in egg-scripts 2.8.1.