minimist before 1.2.2 could be tricked into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a "constructor" or "__proto__" payload.
CVE-2020-7598
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 59% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.6
- EG Score
- 5.6(medium)
- EPSS
- 77.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 11, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (4)
- report@snykhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00024.html
- report@snykhttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MINIMIST-559764
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00024.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MINIMIST-559764
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-7598(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:4298Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.1 image security update
- RHSA-2020:3247Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHV Manager (ovirt-engine) 4.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2020:2362Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh security update
Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openshift4/ose-logging-kibana6:v4.6.0-202107070256.p0.git.5ba5ae2 | 2021-07-14 | redhat |
| redhat | openshift4/ose-prometheus:v4.6.0-202009290409.p0 | 2020-10-27 | redhat |
| redhat | ovirt-engine-ui-extensions-0:1.2.2-1.el8ev | 2020-08-04 | redhat |
| redhat | atomic-openshift-web-console-0:3.11.248-1.git.1.cc96c2d.el7 | 2020-07-27 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:10-8000020200617115915.f8e95b4e | 2020-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-nodejs10-nodejs-0:10.21.0-3.el7 | 2020-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.18.2-1.el7 | 2020-07-13 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:10-8010020200617134056.c27ad7f8 | 2020-07-07 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:12-8010020200630154708.c27ad7f8 | 2020-07-07 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:10-8020020200617141353.4cda2c84 | 2020-07-07 | redhat |
| redhat | nodejs:12-8020020200630155331.4cda2c84 | 2020-07-07 | redhat |
| redhat | servicemesh-grafana-0:6.2.2-36.el8 | 2020-06-02 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| minimist | — | 1.2.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(9)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2847MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2847 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2848MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2848 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2849MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2849 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2852MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2852 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2895MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2895 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2992MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:2992 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3042MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:3042 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:3084MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2020:3084 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2643MODERATE2020-03-10
RHSA-2021:2643 — Moderate
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