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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16020

Summit is a node web framework. When using the PouchDB driver in the module, Summit 0.1.0 and later allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the collection name.

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CVE-2017-16020
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31 Oct 2026, 09:53 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-16020

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jun 2018, 19:29 UTC

Summit is a node web framework. When using the PouchDB driver in the module, Summit 0.1.0 and later allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the collection name.

osv:CVE-2017-16020
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16020",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-16020",
    "summary": "Summit is a node web framework. When using the PouchDB driver in the module, Summit 0.1.0 and later allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the collection name.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16020",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-16020",
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        "CVE-2017-16020",
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/notduncansmith/summit",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "33905dba1329e20f0b856bfe7d869ab9bf46f880"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5b32ce99339e7eb81a0e445611c0e1065025f349"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:summit_project:summit:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.1.21"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v0.1.20",
            "v0.1.17",
            "v0.1.19",
            "v0.1.18",
            "v0.1.16",
            "v0.1.15",
            "v0.1.14",
            "v0.1.13",
            "v0.1.12",
            "v0.1.11",
            "v0.1.10",
            "v0.1.9",
            "v0.1.8",
            "v0.1.7",
            "v0.1.6",
            "v0.1.5",
            "v0.1.4",
            "v0.1.3",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16020.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:16.475303225Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/notduncansmith/summit/issues/23",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/315"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-16020",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380233,
  "published_at": "2018-06-04T19:29:01.24+00:00"
}