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High, CVSS 8.1amended

Command injection in google-it

CVE-2021-34083GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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Affected packages

  • npm google-it

    Affected
    <= 1.6.2
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
8.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2021-34083: 2.11% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 81.81 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Google-it is a Node.js package which allows its users to send search queries to Google and receive the results in a JSON format. When using the 'Open in browser' option in versions up to 1.6.2, google-it will unsafely concat the result's link retrieved from google to a shell command, potentially exposing the server to RCE.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2021-34083

Advisory: Command injection in google-it
IDs: CVE-2021-34083, GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2021-34083 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:16 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm google-it: affected <= 1.6.2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls google-it --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on google-it.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f (OSV record GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f lists affected ranges: npm google-it >=0 <=1.6.2)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f lists affected ranges: npm google-it >=0 <=1.6.2)

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