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CVE-2020-7720: Prototype Pollution

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1321

Description

The package node-forge before 0.10.0 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the util.setPath function. Note: Version 0.10.0 is a breaking change removing the vulnerable functions.

Affected products

• digitalbazaar forge: before 0.10.0 — fixed in 0.10.0
• Npm Node-Forge: before 0.10.0 — fixed in 0.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: digitalbazaar forge 0.10.0; Npm Node-Forge 0.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-609293
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEFORGE-598677
• https://github.com/digitalbazaar/forge/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-609293
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEFORGE-598677

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