Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions Affecting nodejs:12/npm package, versions <1:6.14.8-1.12.19.1.1.module+el8.3.0+8851+b7b41ca0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-3906101
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Mar 2020

Introduced: 16 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-7608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:12/npm to version 1:6.14.8-1.12.19.1.1.module+el8.3.0+8851+b7b41ca0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:5499.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:12/npm package and not the nodejs:12/npm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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