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CVE-2021-34083 — google-it

HIGH

CVE-2021-34083 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) OS Command Injection vulnerability in google-it. 3 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

Command injection in google-it

Also known asGHSA-7xhv-mpjw-422f
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
3 known
Exploitation data as of Nov 7, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.1%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs82th percentile — riskier than 82% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.15%0.97%1.79%2.61%0.6%2.1%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

34other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
google-itnpm
7Kdownloads / week

Description

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.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmgoogle-itall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
google-itgoogle-it_project
≤ 1.6.2
range
Exploits & PoCs
3

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Google-it is a Node.js package which allows its users to send search que…

github.comNVDJun 2022

Report on github.com

github.comNVDJun 2022

Report on advisory.checkmarx.net

advisory.checkmarx.netNVDJun 2022

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for google-it, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no patched version of google-it for CVE-2021-34083. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
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CVE-2021-34083: google-it: Command injection