Security advisory
In mversion before 2.0.0, there is a command injection vulnerability. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. This vulnerability is patched by version 2.0.0. Previous releases are deprecated in npm. As a workaround, make sure to escape git commit messages when using the commitMessage option for the update function.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-4059
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In mversion before 2.0.0, there is a command injection vulnerability. This issue may lead to remote code execution if a client of the library calls the vulnerable method with untrusted input. This vulnerability is patched by version 2.0.0. Previous releases are deprecated in npm. As a workaround, make sure to escape git commit messages when using the commitMessage option for the update function.
osv:CVE-2020-4059
Complete source record
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