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CVE-2020-7609

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7609 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting node-rules versions up to 5.0.0. It allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the "rules" argument within the "fromJSON()" function, which lacks proper sanitization. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants immediate attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.0.0, < 5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-rules_project:node-rules:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 61st 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: node-rulesFixed in: 5.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-f78f-353m-cf4jcritical

Code Injection in node-rules

Dec 10, 2021

References

github.com / mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832%2C
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory