CVE-2022-39243: NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection… (CVSS 8.4)

CVE List Score used 8.4

NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s)

NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. Version 2.0.5 contains a patch. As a workaround, users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

Record: CVE-2022-39243
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-6785 8.4

NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. Version 2.0.5 contains a patch. As a workaround, users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

Record: EUVD-2022-6785
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxgf-v2p8-7ph7 8.4

NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s)

Impact

In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check.

This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux.

On macOS, any argument with a NUL character is truncated at that character. This means the malicious arguments are never seen by the started process.
On Windows, the entire command line is truncated at the first NUL character. This means the malicious arguments, and any intentional arguments provided after them, are never seen by the started process.

Patches

2.0.5

Workarounds

Users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

References

None.

Record: GHSA-cxgf-v2p8-7ph7
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.4

NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. Version 2.0.5 contains a patch. As a workaround, users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

Record: CVE-2022-39243
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 8.4

NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s)

NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. Version 2.0.5 contains a patch. As a workaround, users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

Record: CVE-2022-39243
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-cxgf-v2p8-7ph7 8.4

NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s)

Impact

In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check.

This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux.

On macOS, any argument with a NUL character is truncated at that character. This means the malicious arguments are never seen by the started process.
On Windows, the entire command line is truncated at the first NUL character. This means the malicious arguments, and any intentional arguments provided after them, are never seen by the started process.

Patches

2.0.5

Workarounds

Users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

References

None.

Record: GHSA-cxgf-v2p8-7ph7
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-77
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-39243 8.4

NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. Version 2.0.5 contains a patch. As a workaround, users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39243
CVSS 3.1: 8.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Package	Affected	Fixed
`com.zaxxer:nuprocess` Maven	1.2.0 up to 2.0.5	2.0.5
`com.zaxxer:nuprocess` Maven	1.2.0 up to 2.0.5, plus listed versions 1.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.2.5 Show 6 moreShow less 1.2.62.0.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.0.4	2.0.5
`watchman` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-24.9.0-34.9.0-3build1	None known
`watchman` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-5build14.9.0-5build24.9.0-64.9.0-6build14.9.0-6build2	None known
`watchman` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-7build14.9.0-7build24.9.0-7build34.9.0-7build4	None known
`watchman` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-8build14.9.0-9	None known
`watchman` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-9build34.9.0-9build4	None known
`watchman` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-94.9.0-9build14.9.0-9build24.9.0-9build3	None known

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