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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7609

node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands. The argument rules of function "fromJSON()" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

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CVE-2020-7609
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31 Oct 2026, 11:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-7609

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Apr 2020, 22:15 UTC

node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands. The argument rules of function "fromJSON()" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

osv:CVE-2020-7609
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7609",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands. The argument rules of function \"fromJSON()\" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-7609",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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        "GHSA-f78f-353m-cf4j",
        "SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:30.565071077Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832",
        "https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832%2C",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426"
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        "value": "CVE-2020-7609",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384380,
  "published_at": "2020-04-27T22:15:12.317+00:00"
}