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CVE-2020-7608

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7608 describes a prototype pollution vulnerability in yargs-parser, a dependency of the yargs command-line argument parser. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious input that manipulates the "__proto__" property, potentially leading to the modification of Object.prototype. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, with a low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yargs:yargs-parser:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 6.0.0, < 13.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yargs:yargs-parser:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 14.0.0, < 15.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yargs:yargs-parser:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
>= 16.0.0, < 18.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yargs:yargs-parser:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (14)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yargs-parserFixed in: 13.1.2
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yargs-parserFixed in: 15.0.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yargs-parserFixed in: 5.0.1
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yargs-parserFixed in: 18.1.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:12-8030020201124152102.229f0a1c
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nodejs:10-8030020210118191659.229f0a1c
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.7.0 on RHEL-8Fixed in: ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8:5.7.0-60.2c1fdb0.5.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8:v3.6.0-62
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.19.1-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.23.1-2.el7
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Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-p9pc-299p-vxgpmedium

yargs-parser Vulnerable to Prototype Pollution

Sep 4, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-7608Low

nodejs-yargs-parser: prototype pollution vulnerability

Mar 16, 2020

References

snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-YARGSPARSER-560381
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory