What is GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m?

GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Unsafe eval() in summit allows arbitrary code execution

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m cover?

GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-16020. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m?

GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m?

GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m affects 1 product, including: npm/summit:\u003e= 0.1.0, \u003c= 0.1.22.

GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7mCriticalCVSS 9.8

Unsafe eval() in summit allows arbitrary code execution

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 1, 2020

Last Modified

November 14, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2017-16020 →

📋 Description

Affected versions of summit allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via collection names when using the PouchDB driver.

Recommendation

No direct patch is available at this time.

Currently, the best option to mitigate the issue is to avoid using the PouchDB driver, as the package author has abandoned this feature entirely.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/summit:>= 0.1.0, <= 0.1.22

🔗 References (3)

https://github.com/notduncansmith/summit/issues/23
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16020
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m