4.4

CVE-2020-15095: Sensitive information exposure through logs in npm cli

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2020:2870-1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15095DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15095
Published 07-07-2020Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-15095 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 17
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1616-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1660-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11096-1RHSA-2020:4272RHSA-2020:4903RHSA-2020:5086

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.14.6 are vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability through log files. The CLI supports URLs like "<protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>". The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard74 products
  • code-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • code-server-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-assets-19.1All versions (No fix recorded)
  • commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-assets-19.2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • commercial-gitlab-rails-ee-assets-19.3All versions (No fix recorded)
Npm2 products
  • cli< 6.14.6
  • npm< 6.14.6
Opensuse2 products
  • leapEOL15.1 | 15.2
  • nodejs8&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 8.17.0-lp151.2.21.1
Wolfi2 products
  • code-serverAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • code-server-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • npm< 6.14.6+ds-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Npmjs1 product
Suse1 product
  • nodejs8&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP1< 8.17.0-3.38.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • npmAll versions (No fix recorded)

9 vendors · 85 products

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