What is CVE-2020-7738?

CVE-2020-7738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shiba Project. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2020-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2020-7738?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Shiba Project

CVE-2020-7738

All versions of package shiba are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to the default usage of the function load() of the package js-yaml instead of its secure replacement , safeLoad().

Published 2020-10-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Shiba Project
Shiba — versions 0

References

snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SHIBA-596466 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7738?: CVE-2020-7738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shiba Project. CVSS score: 8.3/10. Published 2020-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-7738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.3 out of 10.