Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

sindresorhus/open

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Fixes

CVEs

HIGH

Peak severity

Highlights

Command Injection: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.

index.js: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.

1 high-severity fix in this history; regressions here are high-impact.

Recurring patterns

The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.

Command Injection: Improperly escaped shell metacharacters (specifically the ampersand character on Windows) allow attackers to chain and execute arbitrary commands when URLs or files are opened via the system shell.