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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8149

Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.

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CVE-2020-8149
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1 Nov 2026, 06:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8149

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 May 2020, 19:15 UTC

Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.

osv:CVE-2020-8149
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8149",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-8149",
    "summary": "Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8149",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-8149",
        "GHSA-v8v8-6859-qxm4"
      ],
      "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/zamotany/logkitty",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "6ce971dba514257814f21fb01f5aa416e831d3b0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:logkitty_project:logkitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.7.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.3",
            "v0.2.2",
            "v0.2.1",
            "v0.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8149.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.685230355Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/825729"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8149",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435443,
  "published_at": "2020-05-15T19:15:12.54+00:00"
}