CVE-2021-3190
OS Command Injection in async-git
The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag.
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 async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag.
- Record
CVE-2021-3190- 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 async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag.
- Record
CVE-2021-3190- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0493 No score
The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag.
- Record
EUVD-2021-0493- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c3f-p5wp-34mh
OS Command Injection in async-git
The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. Ensure to sanitize untrusted user input before passing it to one of the vulnerable functions as a workaround or update async-git to version 1.13.1.
- Record
GHSA-6c3f-p5wp-34mh- 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-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6c3f-p5wp-34mh
OS Command Injection in async-git
The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. Ensure to sanitize untrusted user input before passing it to one of the vulnerable functions as a workaround or update async-git to version 1.13.1.
- Record
GHSA-6c3f-p5wp-34mh- 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-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
async-gitnpm |
before 1.13.2 | 1.13.2 |
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-2021-3190 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Async-git Project Async-git, published January 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.39%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in async-git 1.13.2.
References
github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/13
advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4772
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3190
npmjs.com/package/async-git