CVE-2020-8178 (GCVE-0-2020-8178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-15 16:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient input validation in npm package `jison` <= 0.4.18 may lead to OS command injection attacks.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-78 - OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/690010 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a jison Affected: Not Fixed
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