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CVE-2020-7720

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7720 describes a Prototype Pollution vulnerability in the 'node-forge' package prior to version 0.10.0, specifically within the 'util.setPath' function. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.3) is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, potentially leading to low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, organizations using affected versions of 'digitalbazaar forge' should prioritize upgrading to mitigate this risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:digitalbazaar:forge:*:*:*:*:*: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
3.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0316 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: node-forgeFixed in: 0.10.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-rhel7:3.7.4-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6.0 on RHEL-8Fixed in: ocs4/mcg-core-rhel8:5.6.0-38.31e0c3c7b.5.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-92xj-mqp7-vmcjhigh

Prototype Pollution in node-forge

Sep 14, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-7720Moderate

nodejs-node-forge: prototype pollution via the util.setPath function

Sep 1, 2020

References

github.com / digitalbazaar/forge/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-609293
ExploitThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEFORGE-598677
ExploitThird Party Advisory