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CVE-2020-7602 — node-prompt-here

CRITICAL

CVE-2020-7602 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in node-prompt-here. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

OS Command Injection in node-prompt-here

Also known asGHSA-f8fh-8rgm-227hSNYK-JS-NODEPROMPTHERE-560115
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs85th percentile — riskier than 85% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%1.09%2.18%3.28%0.4%2.6%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2020-7602 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

1other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
node-prompt-herenpm
3downloads / week

Description

node-prompt-here through 1.0.1 allows execution of arbitrary commands. The "runCommand()" is called by "getDevices()" function in file "linux/manager.js", which is required by the "index. process.env.NM_CLI" in the file "linux/manager.js". This function is used to construct the argument of function "execSync()", which can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmnode-prompt-hereall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
node-prompt-herenode-prompt-here_project
≤ 1.0.1
range
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for node-prompt-here, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of node-prompt-here has shipped for CVE-2020-7602 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.

Frequently Asked Questions

node-prompt-here through 1.0.1 allows execution of arbitrary commands. The "runCommand()" is called by "getDevices()" function in file "linux/manager.js", which is required by the "index. process.env.NM_CLI" in the file "linux/manager.js". This function is used to construct the argument of function "execSync()", which can be controlled by users without any sanitization.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2020-7602: node-prompt-here: OS Command Injection