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CVE-2020-11079

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11079 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting versions of the node-dns-sync npm module up to 0.2.0. This flaw, categorized as CWE-77 and CWE-94, allows arbitrary command execution if the library processes untrusted input. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability has been patched in version 0.2.1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:node-dns-sync_project:node-dns-sync:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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: dns-syncFixed in: 0.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-wh69-wc6q-7888high

Command injection in node-dns-sync

May 28, 2020

References

github.com / skoranga/node-dns-sync/commit/cb10a5ac7913eacc031ade7d91596277f31645dc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / skoranga/node-dns-sync/security/advisories/GHSA-wh69-wc6q-7888
Third Party Advisory