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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-28441

If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with decode, they will pollute the prototype on the application.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.16%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

This affects the package conf-cfg-ini before 1.2.2. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with decode, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.16% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
conf-cfg-ini project/conf-cfg-ini
Source
report@snyk.io

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.