Improper Input Validation Affecting node-yargs-parser package, versions <18.1.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-NODEYARGSPARSER-11762236
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Mar 2020

Introduced: 16 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-7608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 node-yargs-parser to version 18.1.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream node-yargs-parser package and not the node-yargs-parser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "proto" payload.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1