Is CVE-2024-21488 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-21488 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-21488?

CVE-2024-21488 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-21488?

CVE-2024-21488 has an EPSS score of 3.27% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21488?

Upgrade network to 0.7.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-21488

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Versions of the package network before 0.7.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the mac_address_for function of the package, it is possible for the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system that this package is being run on.

CWE-77Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

networkNVD

Affected:< 0.7.0Fixed in:0.7.0CVE-2024-21488derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

3.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Exploit2

Other references1

security.snyk.io

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-04.