nestjs nest up to 0.2.0 API Endpoint command injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in nestjs nest up to 0.2.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component API Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-54782. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in nestjs nest up to 0.2.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component API Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. In versions 0.2.0 and below, a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the @nestjs/devtools-integration package. When enabled, the package exposes a local development HTTP server with an API endpoint that uses an unsafe JavaScript sandbox (safe-eval-like implementation). Due to improper sandboxing and missing cross-origin protections, any malicious website visited by a developer can execute arbitrary code on their local machine. The package adds HTTP endpoints to a locally running NestJS development server. One of these endpoints, /inspector/graph/interact, accepts JSON input containing a code field and executes the provided code in a Node.js vm.runInNewContext sandbox. This is fixed in version 0.2.1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-54782 since 07/29/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 0.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-23413). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• nestjs

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• nest

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• 0.1
• 0.2.0

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• Product: https://github.com/nestjs/nest/

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