CVE-2020-28500

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 52% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 7%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
93.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 15, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (28)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-28500(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhmtc/openshift-migration-ui-rhel8:v1.7.4-122022-09-13redhat
redhatcockpit-ovirt-0:0.15.1-2.el8ev2021-09-08redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-thanos-rhel8:v4.8.0-202106291913.p0.git.c358e96.assembly.stream2021-07-27redhat
redhatdistributed-tracing/jaeger-query-rhel8:1.20.4-182021-06-24redhat
redhatovirt-web-ui-0:1.6.9-1.el8ev2021-06-01redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 2 ecosystems)
npm(4)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
lodash—4.17.21—
lodash-es—4.17.21—
lodash.trim———
lodash.trimend———
RubyGems(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
lodash-rails4.0.0 ... 4.6.1 (20 versions)4.17.21—

Additional Vendor Advisories

(2)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  41. 2026-05-26 20:49 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-05-26 20:49 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-28500?
CVE-2020-28500 is a medium vulnerability published on February 15, 2021. Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
When was CVE-2020-28500 disclosed?
CVE-2020-28500 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 15, 2021, 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-2020-28500 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-28500 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-28500?
CVE-2020-28500 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-28500?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-28500, 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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