SB2025020312 - Code Injection in pugjs Pug

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36361)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to Pug allows JavaScript code execution if an application accepts untrusted input for the name option of the compileClient, compileFileClient, or compileClientWithDependenciesTracked function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/pugjs/pug/pull/3428
• https://pugjs.org/api/reference.html