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CVE-2020-7609

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands. The argument rules of function "fromJSON()" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

Affected products

• node-rules: from 3.0.0 before 5.0.0 — fixed in 5.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: node-rules 5.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832%2C
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426
• https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832
• https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832%2C
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426

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