6.8

CVE-2020-7789: Command Injection

Modified
AliasesGHSA-5fw9-fq32-wv5p
Published 11-12-2020Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-7789 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in node-notifier_project node-notifier. EPSS estimates a 1.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.59%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 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 1
RHSA-2021:0781

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 1.59% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

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: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Node-notifier_project1 product
Npm1 product
  • node-notifier< 8.0.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links