High
Security advisory
codecov-node npm module before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.The value provided as part of the gcov-root argument is executed by the exec function within lib/codecov.js. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2020-7596.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-7597
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- 31 Oct 2026, 11:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
codecov-node npm module before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.The value provided as part of the gcov-root argument is executed by the exec function within lib/codecov.js. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2020-7596.
osv:CVE-2020-7597
Complete source record
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