CVE-2019-10799 — compile-sass prior to 1

compile-sass prior to 1.0.5 allows execution of arbritary commands. The function "setupCleanupOnExit(cssPath)" within "dist/index.js" is executed as part of the "rm" command without any sanitization.

01What is this vulnerability?

compile-sass prior to 1.0.5 allows execution of arbritary commands. The function "setupCleanupOnExit(cssPath)" within "dist/index.js" is executed as part of the "rm" command without any sanitization.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / compile	sass — All versions prior to 1.0.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-02-24T17:42:03.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T22:32:02.020Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/eiskalteschatten/compile-sass/commit/d9ada7797ff93875b6466dea…
• snyk.io — https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-COMPILESASS-551804