CVE-2021-21353 | BDVDB-2026-149885 Detail
pugjspug
Description#
Pug is an npm package which is a high-performance template engine. In pug before version 3.0.1, if a remote attacker was able to control the `pretty` option of the pug compiler, e.g. if you spread a user provided object such as the query parameters of a request into the pug template inputs, it was possible for them to achieve remote code execution on the node.js backend. This is fixed in version 3.0.1. This advisory applies to multiple pug packages including "pug", "pug-code-gen". pug-code-gen has a backported fix at version 2.0.3. This advisory is not exploitable if there is no way for un-trusted input to be passed to pug as the `pretty` option, e.g. if you compile templates in advance before applying user input to them, you do not need to upgrade.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact high, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
References#
- https://github.com/pugjs/pug/security/advisories/GHSA-p493-635q-r6gr
- https://github.com/pugjs/pug/issues/3312
- https://github.com/pugjs/pug/pull/3314
- https://github.com/pugjs/pug/commit/991e78f7c4220b2f8da042877c6f0ef5a4683be0
- https://github.com/pugjs/pug/releases/tag/pug%403.0.1
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/pug
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/pug-code-gen
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.