RCE in Node-Notifier Project
CVE-2020-7789
This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% 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
- Node-Notifier Project
- Node-Notifier — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODENOTIFIER-1035794 (Third Party Advisory)
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1050371 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/blob/master/lib/utils.js#L303 (Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7789?
- CVE-2020-7789 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Node-Notifier Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2020-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7789?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7789 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.