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CVE-2020-26226

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-26226 describes a vulnerability in the npm package semantic-release prior to version 17.2.3, where secrets containing URL-encoded characters could be inadvertently disclosed. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) has a low attack complexity and could lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts if a user is tricked into interacting with a malicious link. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes like Metasploit or ExploitDB available, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:semantic-release_project:semantic-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: semantic-releaseFixed in: 17.2.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-r2j6-p67h-q639high

Secret disclosure when containing characters that become URI encoded

Nov 18, 2020

References

github.com / semantic-release/semantic-release/commit/ca90b34c4a9333438cc4d69faeb43362bb991e5a
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / semantic-release/semantic-release/security/advisories/GHSA-r2j6-p67h-q639
Third Party Advisory