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Critical, CVSS 9.8amended

OS Command Injection in pulverizr

CVE-2020-7604GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

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.

Affected packages

  • npm pulverizr

    Affected
    <= 0.7.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2020-7604: 2.57% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 85.21 (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.

pulverizr through 0.7.0 allows execution of arbitrary commands. Within lib/job.js, the variable filename can be controlled by the attacker. This function uses the variable &quot;filename&quot; to construct the argument of the exec call without any sanitization. In order to successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker will need to create a new file with the same name as the attack command.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp

  2. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2020-7604

Advisory: OS Command Injection in pulverizr
IDs: CVE-2020-7604, GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2020-7604 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:25 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm pulverizr: affected <= 0.7.0

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

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on pulverizr.
- 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-fmf5-j5j9-99pp (OSV record GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp lists affected ranges: npm pulverizr >=0 <=0.7.0)
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-fmf5-j5j9-99pp lists affected ranges: npm pulverizr >=0 <=0.7.0)

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