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High, CVSS 8.1amended

Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error in Facebook Hermes

CVE-2020-1913GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (hermes-engine 0.5.2), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
8.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-1913: 1.20% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 68.28 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

An Integer signedness error in the JavaScript Interpreter in Facebook Hermes prior to commit 2c7af7ec481ceffd0d14ce2d7c045e475fd71dc6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack or a potential RCE via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable if the application using Hermes permits evaluation of untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

Dates and revisions
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  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-1913

Advisory: Signed to Unsigned Conversion Error in Facebook Hermes
IDs: CVE-2020-1913, GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-1913 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:16 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: hermes-engine 0.5.2. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm hermes-engine: affected <= 0.4.3; fixed in 0.5.2

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls hermes-engine --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on hermes-engine.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6 (OSV record GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6 lists affected ranges: npm hermes-engine >=0 <0.5.2 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-gmpm-xp43-f7g6 lists affected ranges: npm hermes-engine >=0 <=0.4.3)

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