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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13110

The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path search.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:55 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13110

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 May 2020, 12:15 UTC

The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path search.

osv:CVE-2020-13110
Complete source record
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  "id": "bbc5084f6c189791cc51f24f3372d1e559957793838b79aff90321036342e8f2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13110",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13110",
    "summary": "The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path search.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13110",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-13110",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-13110",
        "GHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghv"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/mongodb-js/kerberos",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c6ffd404415e0125c8810aeded3f026796bcd3bf"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kerberos_project:kerberos:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.0.24",
            "V0.0.23",
            "V0.0.22",
            "V0.0.21",
            "V0.0.20",
            "V0.0.19",
            "V0.0.18",
            "V0.0.17",
            "V0.0.16",
            "V0.0.15",
            "V0.0.14",
            "V0.0.13",
            "V0.0.12",
            "V0.0.11",
            "V0.0.10",
            "V0.0.9",
            "V0.0.8",
            "V0.0.7",
            "V0.0.6",
            "V0.0.5",
            "V0.0.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13110.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:46.558025401Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://medium.com/%40kiddo_Ha3ker/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-cb4b32031cd",
        "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-activity-6667043749547253760-kVlW",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1514",
        "https://www.op-c.net/2020/05/15/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-13110",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436364,
  "published_at": "2020-05-16T12:15:12.14+00:00"
}