Command injection vulnerability in @prisma/sdk in getPackedPackage function

HOCH 7.2CVE-2021-21414 · GHSA-pxcc-hj8w-fmm7 · Published 29/04/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

Kurz gesagt

CVE-2021-21414 ist eine Schwachstelle (HOCH (CVSS 7.2)) in prisma (prisma), @prisma/sdk.
Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 2.1%, höher als bei 81.5% aller Schwachstellen.
Abhilfe: auf 2.20.0 oder neuer aktualisieren.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
prisma prisma	`< 2.20.0`	`2.20.0`
@prisma/sdk npm	`< 2.20.0`	`2.20.0`

Description

Impact

As of today, we are not aware of any Prisma users or external consumers of the @prisma/sdk package who are affected by this security vulnerability.

This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input.

It only affects the getPackedPackage function and this function is not advertised and only used for tests & building our CLI, no malicious code was found after checking our codebase.

Patches

Fixed in

@prisma/[email protected] (latest channel)
@prisma/[email protected] (dev channel)

Pull Request closing this vulnerability https://github.com/prisma/prisma/pull/6245

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered and reported by GitHub Engineer @erik-krogh (Erik Krogh Kristensen).

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Create a discussion in the Prisma repository
Email us at [email protected]

NVD description

Prisma is an open source ORM for Node.js & TypeScript. As of today, we are not aware of any Prisma users or external consumers of the `@prisma/sdk` package who are affected by this security vulnerability. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. It only affects the `getPackedPackage` function and this function is not advertised and only used for tests & building our CLI, no malicious code was found after checking our codebase.

References

prisma/prisma security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21414 · ADVISORY
prisma/prisma#6245 · WEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0003 · WEB
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0003 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

prisma

< 2.20.0

2.20.0

@prisma/sdk

npm

< 2.20.0

2.20.0

Description

Impact

As of today, we are not aware of any Prisma users or external consumers of the @prisma/sdk package who are affected by this security vulnerability.

This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input.

It only affects the getPackedPackage function and this function is not advertised and only used for tests & building our CLI, no malicious code was found after checking our codebase.

Patches

Fixed in

@prisma/[email protected] (latest channel)
@prisma/[email protected] (dev channel)

Pull Request closing this vulnerability https://github.com/prisma/prisma/pull/6245

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered and reported by GitHub Engineer @erik-krogh (Erik Krogh Kristensen).

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Create a discussion in the Prisma repository
Email us at [email protected]

NVD description