VulnerabilityModified
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.65%
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 · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1321
- Affected
- ini project/ini · debian/debian linux
- Source
- report@snyk.io
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. Refreshed daily.