UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7720

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7720
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7720.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7720
Upstream
Published
2020-09-01T10:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:19Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-node-forge

Package

Name
node-node-forge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-node-forge@0.9.1~dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.8.5~dfsg-2
0.9.1~dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjs-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "node-node-forge",
            "binary_version": "0.9.1~dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7720.json"