GHSA-g9g6-gvq9-j4vp
react-dev-utils openBrowser permits command injection on macOS
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-14802
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Description
A vulnerability was detected in react create-react-app up to 5.0.1 on macOS. This affects the function startBrowserProcess of the file openBrowser.js of the component react-dev-utils. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · react-dev-utils | introduced 0, last affected 5.0.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14802 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/react/create-react-app/issues/17269 WEB
- https://github.com/react/create-react-app PACKAGE
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-14802 WEB
- https://vuldb.com/submit/850857 WEB
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/376396 WEB
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/376396/cti WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |