CVE-2020-7788
criticalThis affects the package ini before 1.3.6.
Vendor / product: Ini Project — ini
This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2020-12-11 11:15
Modified: 2026-10-08 22:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
ini_project / ini <1.3.6
debian / debian_linux 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1
References
- https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1 report@snyk.io
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html report@snyk.io
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974 report@snyk.io
- https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗