CVE-2020-28490: Command Injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

The package async-git before 1.13.2 are vulnerable to Command Injection via shell meta-characters (back-ticks). For example: git.reset('atouch HACKEDb')

Affected products

async-git: before 1.13.2 — fixed in 1.13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: async-git 1.13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/commit/d1950a5021f4e19d92f347614be0d85ce991510d
https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/14
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ASYNCGIT-1064877
https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/commit/d1950a5021f4e19d92f347614be0d85ce991510d
https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/14
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ASYNCGIT-1064877

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