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CVE-2020-28490

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28490 describes a critical command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the async-git package prior to version 1.13.2, affecting async_git_project async_git. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell meta-characters (e.g., back-ticks) in functions like git.reset(). With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:async-git_project:async-git:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: async-gitFixed in: 1.13.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gchcritical

Command Injection in async-git

Apr 12, 2021

References

github.com / omrilotan/async-git/commit/d1950a5021f4e19d92f347614be0d85ce991510d
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / omrilotan/async-git/pull/14
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-ASYNCGIT-1064877
PatchThird Party Advisory