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CVE-2020-28278

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-29 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'shvl' versions 1.0.0 through 2.0.1 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.

Affected products

• shvl: from 1.0.0 through 2.0.1

References

• https://github.com/robinvdvleuten/shvl/blob/bef0a3ebade444cc6b297147ecf5242308f0892e/index.js#L10
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28278
• https://github.com/robinvdvleuten/shvl/blob/bef0a3ebade444cc6b297147ecf5242308f0892e/index.js#L10
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28278

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