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CVE-2020-13110

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-13110 describes an arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation vulnerability in the Node.js kerberos package prior to version 1.0.0. This flaw allows attackers to inject malicious DLLs via the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method due to an insecure DLL path search. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), it requires user interaction and local access but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kerberos_project:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: kerberosFixed in: 1.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghvhigh

DLL Injection in kerberos

Sep 4, 2020

References

medium.com / %40kiddo_Ha3ker/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-cb4b32031cd
linkedin.com / posts/op-innovate_dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-activity-6667043749547253760-kVlW
Third Party Advisory
npmjs.com / advisories/1514
Third Party Advisory
op-c.net / 2020/05/15/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory