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CVE-2020-28472

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28472 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting the @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader package before 1.0.0-rc.9 and the aws-sdk package before 2.814.0. An attacker can exploit this by submitting a malicious INI file, leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service depending on the application's context. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity, requires no user interaction, and can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.814.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_sdk_for_javascipt:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_shared_configuration_file_loader:1.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_shared_configuration_file_loader:1.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_shared_configuration_file_loader:1.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_shared_configuration_file_loader:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 69th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: aws-sdkFixed in: 2.814.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loaderFixed in: 1.0.0-rc.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwghigh

Prototype Pollution via file load in aws-sdk and @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader

Nov 16, 2021

References

github.com / aws/aws-sdk-js/pull/3585/commits/7d72aff2a941173733fcb6741b104cd83d3bc611
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/commit/a209082dff913939672bb069964b33aa4c5409a9
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1059426
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1059425
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-AWSSDK-1059424
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-AWSSDKSHAREDINIFILELOADER-1049304
ExploitThird Party Advisory