What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-7789?

CVE-2020-7789 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.6%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-7789?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-7789. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Node Notifier CVE-2020-7789

MEDIUM

OS Command Injection (CWE-78)

2020-12-11 report@snyk.io

Command Injection Node Notifier

5.6

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.6 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 11, 2020 - 10:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.6

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

12 npm packages depend on node-notifier (4 direct, 8 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 8.0.1.

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. 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. Affected products include: Node-Notifier Project Node-Notifier. Version information: before 9.0.0..

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.