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CVE-2020-28268

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CVE-2020-28268 is a prototype pollution vulnerability affecting 'controlled-merge' versions 1.0.0 through 1.2.0. This flaw can lead to a denial of service and potentially remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, making it easily exploitable over the network. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:controlled-merge_project:controlled-merge:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: controlled-mergeFixed in: 1.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-5pg7-v24c-9rp9high

Prototype pollution in controlled-merge

May 18, 2021

References

github.com / hlfshell/controlled-merge/commit/5a4b2e9ffe5a0be7f8843d4ab038599d3ae5f9d4
PatchThird Party Advisory
whitesourcesoftware.com / vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28268
ExploitThird Party Advisory