CVE-2021-29369
Code injection in @rkesters/gnuplot
The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
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
The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
CVE-2021-29369- 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
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
CVE-2021-29369- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0968 No score
The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0968- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f2jw-pr2c-9x96
Code injection in @rkesters/gnuplot
@rkesters/gnuplot is an easy to use node module to draw charts using gnuplot and ps2pdf. The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
GHSA-f2jw-pr2c-9x96- 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
The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
CVE-2021-29369- 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-f2jw-pr2c-9x96
Code injection in @rkesters/gnuplot
@rkesters/gnuplot is an easy to use node module to draw charts using gnuplot and ps2pdf. The gnuplot package prior to version 0.1.0 for Node.js allows code execution via shell metacharacters in Gnuplot commands.
- Record
GHSA-f2jw-pr2c-9x96- 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 |
|---|---|---|
@rkesters/gnuplotnpm |
before 0.1.1 | 0.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-29369 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gnuplot Project Gnuplot, published May 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.78%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in @rkesters/gnuplot 0.1.1.