CVE-2025-24959CWE-94

Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API in zx

Low · published February 3, 2025

CVSS v4.0
1.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
1.0 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00175 · 6.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2025-02-03T20:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 FEB 20:48Z
    Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API in zx
    cvelistv5