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CVE-2020-7645

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

All versions of chrome-launcher allow execution of arbitrary commands, by controlling the $HOME environment variable in Linux operating systems.

Affected products

• chrome-launcher: before 0.13.2 — fixed in 0.13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: chrome-launcher 0.13.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575
• http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575

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