CVE-2020-7788
If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, 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
- 3.65% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- ini project/ini · debian/debian linux
- Source
- report@snyk.io
EPSS 3.7% 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
- https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.