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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-7608

yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "__proto__" payload.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

yargs-parser could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "__proto__" payload.

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.51% probability · 44th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1321
Affected
yargs/yargs-parser
Source
report@snyk.io
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.51%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.