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CVE-2020-7645

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7645 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting all versions of the google chrome-launcher product. By manipulating the $HOME environment variable on Linux systems, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction or privileges. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, the high severity warrants immediate attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome-launcher:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 45th 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 (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: chrome-launcherFixed in: 0.13.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-gp2j-mg4w-2rh5critical

chrome-launcher subject to OS Command Injection

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-7645Important

chrome-launcher: exploitable environment variables leads to execution of arbitrary commands

May 2, 2020

References

snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575
ExploitThird Party Advisory