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CVE-2020-28268

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1321

Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'controlled-merge' versions 1.0.0 through 1.2.0 allows attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.

Affected products

• controlled-merge: from 1.0.0 through 1.2.0

References

• https://github.com/hlfshell/controlled-merge/commit/5a4b2e9ffe5a0be7f8843d4ab038599d3ae5f9d4
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28268
• https://github.com/hlfshell/controlled-merge/commit/5a4b2e9ffe5a0be7f8843d4ab038599d3ae5f9d4
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28268

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