CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-72573

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.91%

57th percentile - higher than 57% of all known CVEs

Summary

An OS command injection vulnerability in 4xmen/pm2panel (all versions) allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host. The pm2panel.js handler at line 188 passes the unsanitized req.query.id parameter directly to exec('pm2 restart ' + id) without input validation or shell escaping, enabling command chaining via semicolons or other shell metacharacters.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control of the server, execute arbitrary commands, modify data, or install malware, leading to complete system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update pm2panel to a patched version or apply temporary mitigations such as input validation and sanitization, and avoid direct use of user input in exec calls.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An OS command injection vulnerability in 4xmen/pm2panel (all versions) allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host. The pm2panel.js handler at line 188 passes the unsanitized req.query.id parameter directly to exec('pm2 restart ' + id) without input validation or shell escaping, enabling command chaining via semicolons or other shell metacharacters.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS