CVE-2018-20822

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

LibSass 3.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Complex_Selector::perform in ast.hpp and Sass::Inspect::operator in inspect.cpp).

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EPSS
79.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 23, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-20822?
CVE-2018-20822 is a medium vulnerability published on April 23, 2019. LibSass 3.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (uncontrolled recursion in Sass::Complex_Selector::perform in ast.hpp and Sass::Inspect::operator in inspect.cpp).
When was CVE-2018-20822 disclosed?
CVE-2018-20822 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 23, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-20822 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-20822 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 79.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-20822?
CVE-2018-20822 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-20822?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-20822, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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