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CVE-2020-8298

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8298 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the fs-path node module prior to version 0.0.25, specifically through user-supplied inputs to its copy, copySync, remove, and removeSync methods. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.0.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fs-path_project:fs-path:*:*:*:*:*: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
11.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1117 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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: fs-pathFixed in: 0.0.25

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-8mrf-64fw-2x75critical

Command injection in fs-path

Mar 25, 2021

References

github.com / pillys/fs-path/commit/88ff5ee51046bb2c5d5e9c5afe6819b032092ce7
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / pillys/fs-path/pull/6
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
hackerone.com / reports/324491
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory