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medium 5.6

CVE-2020-7598 json

Prototype Pollution in minimist

published 6y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-vh95-rmgr-6w4m , EUVD-2020-0395

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

minimist before 1.2.2 could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "constructor" or "__proto__" payload.

Patch / fix

  • npm minimist 0.2.1, 1.2.3
  • substack minimist 1.2.2
  • node-minimist Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7598

  • rhvm rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev
  • novnc rhev manager 4.4 1.1.0-1.el8ost
  • ovirt-engine rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev
  • rhvm-dependencies rhev manager 4.4 4.4.0-1.el8ev
  • ovirt-engine-setup rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev
  • ovirt-engine-tools rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev
  • ovirt-engine-backend rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev
  • ovirt-engine-restapi rhev manager 4.4 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3247RHSA-2020:2362RHSA-2020:2992RHSA-2020:2847RHSA-2020:2848RHSA-2020:3042

  • nodejs8 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2 8.17.0-10.3.1
  • nodejs6 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9, OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 +1 more 6.17.1-11.37.1
  • nodejs12 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 12.18.0-1.14.1
  • nodejs8 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP1 +2 more 8.17.0-3.32.1
  • nodejs10 SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 10.21.0-1.24.1
  • nodejs10 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2 +3 more 10.21.0-1.21.1
  • cobbler Manager Server Module 4.0 3.0.0+git20190806.32c4bae0-7.10.2
  • spacewalk Manager Server Module 4.0 4.0.5-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:2800-1SUSE-SU-2020:1623-1SUSE-SU-2020:1606-1SUSE-SU-2020:1576-1SUSE-SU-2020:1575-1SUSE-SU-2020:1568-1

  • nodejs8 openSUSE Leap 15.1 8.17.0-lp151.2.15.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0802-1

  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
  • nodejs-nodemon AlmaLinux 8 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28e
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
  • nodejs-packaging AlmaLinux 8 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:2852ALSA-2020:2848

  • nodejs-nodemon Rocky Linux 8 1.18.3-1.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154
  • nodejs-packaging Rocky Linux 8 17-3.module+el8.3.0+101+f84c7154

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:2852RLSA-2020:2848

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-7598 updated cvss 5.6

nodejs-minimist: prototype pollution allows adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a constructor or __proto__ payload

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/kibana6-rhel8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 kibana, openshift3/grafana Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 kibana, openshift4/ose-grafana, logging-kibana5-container, openshift4/ose-metering-hadoop
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Quay 3 nodejs-minimist
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Software Collections rh-nodejs10-nodejs-nodemon, rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 servicemesh-grafana 6.2.2-36.el8, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus 6.2.2-36.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) nodejs 10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3, nodejs 12.18.2-1.module+el8.2.0+7233+61d664c1, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8+2873+aa7dfd9a, nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module+el8+2632+6c5111ed, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, npm 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2848
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) nodejs 10.21.0-3.module+el8.0.0+7067+054302d1, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8+2873+aa7dfd9a, nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module+el8+2632+6c5111ed, npm 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.3.module+el8.0.0+7067+054302d1, nodejs-full-i18n 10.21.0-3.module+el8.0.0+7067+054302d1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3042
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) nodejs 10.21.0-3.module+el8.1.0+7070+fe09e702, nodejs 12.18.2-1.module+el8.1.0+7232+f8b5ede5, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8+2873+aa7dfd9a, nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module+el8+2632+6c5111ed, nodejs-packaging 17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45, npm 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.3.module+el8.1.0+7070+fe09e702, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2849
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 atomic-openshift-web-console 3.11.248-1.git.1.cc96c2d.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2992
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  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-console v4.6.0-202010100121.p0, openshift4/ose-prometheus v4.6.0-202009290409.p0, openshift4/ose-logging-kibana6 v4.6.0-202107070256.p0.git.5ba5ae2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4298
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1.0 kiali v1.0.11.redhat1-1.el7, jaeger v1.13.1.redhat7-1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2362
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nodejs10-nodejs 10.21.0-3.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs10-npm 6.14.4-10.21.0.3.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) rh-nodejs10-nodejs 10.21.0-3.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs10-npm 6.14.4-10.21.0.3.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) rh-nodejs10-nodejs 10.21.0-3.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs10-npm 6.14.4-10.21.0.3.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7 Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nodejs10-nodejs 10.21.0-3.el7, rh-nodejs12-nodejs 12.18.2-1.el7, rh-nodejs10-npm 6.14.4-10.21.0.3.el7, rh-nodejs12-npm 6.14.5-12.18.2.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3084
  • Red Hat RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 ovirt-engine-ui-extensions 1.2.2-1.el8ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3247
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 atomic-openshift 3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7, cri-o 1.11.16-0.10.dev.rhaos3.11.git1eee681.el7, atomic-openshift-pod 3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7, atomic-openshift-node 3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7, atomic-openshift-tests 3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7, atomic-openshift-master 3.11.248-1.git.0.92ee8ac.el7, +8 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 openshift4/ose-cli v4.6.0-202010080605.p0, openshift4/ose-ptp v4.6.0-202010200139.p0, openshift4/ose-etcd v4.6.0-202010061132.p0, openshift4/ose-tests v4.6.0-202010120952.p0, openshift4/ose-coredns v4.6.0-202010061132.p0, openshift4/ose-grafana v4.6.0-202010061132.p0, +123 more Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8 Red Hat RHEL-8-RHEV-S-4.4 - Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4 novnc 1.1.0-1.el8ost, snmp4j 2.4.1-1.el8ev, xmlrpc 3.1.3-1.el8ev, makeself 2.4.0-4.el8ev, rhvm 4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev, log4j12 1.2.17-22.el8ev, +119 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MINIMIST-559764 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm minimist
<0.2.1
>=1.0.0, <1.2.3
0.2.1
1.2.3

Affected products

  • n/a minimist

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes

References

Sources

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