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CVE-2020-8298

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

fs-path node module before 0.0.25 is vulnerable to command injection by way of user-supplied inputs via the `copy`, `copySync`, `remove`, and `removeSync` methods.

Affected products

• fs-path: before 0.0.25 — fixed in 0.0.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: fs-path 0.0.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pillys/fs-path/commit/88ff5ee51046bb2c5d5e9c5afe6819b032092ce7
• https://github.com/pillys/fs-path/pull/6
• https://hackerone.com/reports/324491
• https://github.com/pillys/fs-path/commit/88ff5ee51046bb2c5d5e9c5afe6819b032092ce7
• https://github.com/pillys/fs-path/pull/6
• https://hackerone.com/reports/324491

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