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medium 5.6

CVE-2020-7789 json

Command Injection

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-5fw9-fq32-wv5p , EUVD-2020-1483

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • npm node-notifier 8.0.1
  • n/a node-notifier 9.0.0
  • python-bleach ansible automation platform 4.2 3.3.0-1.el7pc
  • python-bleach ansible automation platform 4.2 3.3.0-1.el8pc
  • automation-hub ansible automation platform 4.2 4.2.2-1.el7pc
  • automation-hub ansible automation platform 4.2 4.2.2-1.el8pc
  • python3-bleach ansible automation platform 4.2 3.3.0-1.el7pc
  • python3-bleach ansible automation platform 4.2 3.3.0-1.el8pc
  • python3-django ansible automation platform 4.2 2.2.18-1.el7pc
  • python3-django ansible automation platform 4.2 2.2.18-1.el8pc

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:0781

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-7789 updated cvss 5.6

nodejs-node-notifier: command injection due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 1 kiali, servicemesh-grafana, servicemesh-prometheus, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.0 servicemesh-grafana, servicemesh-prometheus, servicemesh-grafana-prometheus
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 node-notifier
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift4/ose-console, openshift4/ose-grafana, openshift4/ose-prometheus, openshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Automation Hub 4.2 for RHEL 7 python-bleach 3.3.0-1.el7pc, automation-hub 4.2.2-1.el7pc, python3-bleach 3.3.0-1.el7pc, python3-django 2.2.18-1.el7pc, python-galaxy-ng 4.2.2-1.el7pc, python3-galaxy-ng 4.2.2-1.el7pc, +6 more Red Hat Automation Hub 4.2 for RHEL 8 python-bleach 3.3.0-1.el8pc, automation-hub 4.2.2-1.el8pc, python3-bleach 3.3.0-1.el8pc, python3-django 2.2.18-1.el8pc, python-galaxy-ng 4.2.2-1.el8pc, python3-galaxy-ng 4.2.2-1.el8pc, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0781

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Exploit prediction

1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 node-notifier
<8.0.1
8.0.1

Affected products

  • n/a node-notifier

Classification

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

References

Sources

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