CVE-2020-7789 (Medium) detected in node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz

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CVE-2020-7789 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz

A Node.js module for sending notifications on native Mac, Windows (post and pre 8) and Linux (or Growl as fallback)

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• react-scripts-2.0.4.tgz (Root Library)
  • jest-23.6.0.tgz
    • jest-cli-23.6.0.tgz
      • ❌ node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2a075b2841fc2373e24ed2ea65ffde43a262c54c

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.

Publish Date: 2020-12-11

URL: CVE-2020-7789

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7789

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Fix Resolution: 9.0.0

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