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CVE-2020-7770

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7770 is a critical prototype pollution vulnerability affecting the json8 package prior to version 1.0.3. This flaw allows an attacker to inject arbitrary properties into an object's prototype, potentially leading to denial of service, remote code execution, or other impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion, the high severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:json8_project:json8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 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: json8Fixed in: 1.0.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-7h43-gx24-p529critical

Prototype pollution in json8

May 10, 2021

References

github.com / sonnyp/JSON8/commit/2e890261b66cbc54ae01d0c79c71b0fd18379e7e
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-JSON8-1017116
ExploitThird Party Advisory