arbitrary shell execution in Nick Chan Bot

published 2020-03-25 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-26478

cvss: 7.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Nick Chan Bot before version 1.0.0-beta there is a vulnerability in the `npm` command which is part of this software package. This allows arbitrary shell execution,which can compromise the bot This is patched in version 1.0.0-beta

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/Assfugil/nickchanbot@d7dc875 commit

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Exploit prediction

1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Nick Chan nickchanbot

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

github.com /Assfugil/nickchanbot/commit/d7dc87523fc8bb6babbf8d636c339193b236a3ba
patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /Assfugil/nickchanbot/security/advisories/GHSA-8xwp-r7pj-cgw3
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-5282
NVD CVE-2020-5282

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