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CVE-2020-28437

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28437 is a critical command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) affecting all versions of the heroku-env package, specifically within the lib/get.js file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:heroku-env_project:heroku-env:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.4CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0111 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-jp45-65jw-94mjcritical

heroku-env susceptible to command injection

Aug 3, 2022

References

security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-HEROKUENV-1050432
ExploitThird Party Advisory