9.8

CVE-2020-7720: digitalbazaar forge Prototype Pollution

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7720DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7720GHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcj
Published 01-09-2020Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7720 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in digitalbazaar forge. EPSS estimates a 3.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
3.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The package node-forge before 0.10.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the util.setPath function. Note: Version 0.10.0 is a breaking change removing the vulnerable functions.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (snyk.io)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (snyk.io)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • node-node-forge< 0.10.0~dfsg-1
Digitalbazaar1 product
Npm1 product
  • node-forge< 0.10.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-node-forgeAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links