What is CVE-2020-7601?

CVE-2020-7601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gulp-Scss-Lint Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-7601?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Gulp-Scss-Lint Project

CVE-2020-7601

gulp-scss-lint through 1.0.0 allows execution of arbitrary commands. It is possible to inject arbitrary commands to the "exec" function located in "src/command.js" via the provided options.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-03-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gulp-Scss-Lint Project
Gulp-Scss-Lint — versions All versions including 1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GULPSCSSLINT-560114 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7601?: CVE-2020-7601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gulp-Scss-Lint Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-7601?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.