7.4

CVE-2020-8201: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2020-8201UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8201DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8201
Published 18-09-2020Last modified 30-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-8201 is a high (CVSS 7.4) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 5.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.4 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.30%
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 7 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1616-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11096-1RHSA-2020:4272RHSA-2020:4903RHSA-2020:5086SUSE-SU-2020:2812-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Node.js < 12.18.4 and < 14.11 can be exploited to perform HTTP desync attacks and deliver malicious payloads to unsuspecting users. The payloads can be crafted by an attacker to hijack user sessions, poison cookies, perform clickjacking, and a multitude of other attacks depending on the architecture of the underlying system. The attack was possible due to a bug in processing of carrier-return symbols in the HTTP header names.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.30% 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: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine2 products
  • nodejs< 12.20.1-r0 | < 12.18.4-r0
  • nodejs-current< 14.11.0-r0
Nodejs2 products
  • node≥ 4.0, < 4.* | ≥ 5.0, < 5.* | ≥ 6.0, < 6.* | ≥ 7.0, < 7.* | ≥ 8.0, < 8.* | ≥ 9.0, < 9.* | ≥ 11.0, < 11.* | ≥ 12.0, < 12.18.4 | ≥ 13.0, < 13.* | ≥ 14.0, < 14.11.0
  • node.js≥ 12.0.0, < 12.18.4 | ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.11.0
Debian1 product
  • nodejs< 12.18.4~dfsg-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • nodejs< 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3

6 vendors · 8 products

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