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CVE-2020-5282: arbitrary shell execution in Nick Chan Bot

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

In Nick Chan Bot before version 1.0.0-beta there is a vulnerability in the `npm` command which is part of this software package. This allows arbitrary shell execution,which can compromise the bot This is patched in version 1.0.0-beta

Affected products

• Nick Chan nickchanbot: 1.0.0-beta_pre_11, 1.0.0-beta_pre_7, 1.0.0-beta_pre_8, 1.0.0-beta_pre_9

References

• https://github.com/Assfugil/nickchanbot/commit/d7dc87523fc8bb6babbf8d636c339193b236a3ba
• https://github.com/Assfugil/nickchanbot/security/advisories/GHSA-8xwp-r7pj-cgw3
• https://github.com/Assfugil/nickchanbot/commit/d7dc87523fc8bb6babbf8d636c339193b236a3ba
• https://github.com/Assfugil/nickchanbot/security/advisories/GHSA-8xwp-r7pj-cgw3

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