Versions of hot-formula-parser prior to 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize values passed to the parse function and concatenates it in an eval call. If a value of the formula is supplied by user-controlled input it may allow attackers to run arbitrary commands in the server.
Parsing the following formula creates a test file in the present directory:
"SUM([(function(){require('child_process').execSync('touch test')})(),2])"

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or later.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6836
• handsontable/formula-parser#58
• handsontable/formula-parser@396b089
• https://blog.truesec.com/2020/01/17/reverse-shell-through-a-node-js-math-parser/
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1439