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CVE-2020-7730

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7730 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the bestzip package, affecting versions prior to 2.1.7. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system by manipulating the options parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestzip_project:bestzip:*:*:*:*:*: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
3.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0314 is in the 78th 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bestzipFixed in: 2.1.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-6xv6-jpvw-cx6qcritical

Command injection in bestzip

May 6, 2021

References

github.com / nfriedly/node-bestzip/commit/45d4a901478c6a8f396c8b959dd6cf8fd3f955b6
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-BESTZIP-609371
PatchThird Party Advisory