# CVE-2020-7609: node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands.

- Also known as: GHSA-F78F-353M-CF4J, SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.0
- Published: 2020-04-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a node-rules: version range not reported
- node-rules (npm): from 3.0.0, fixed in 5.0.0

## Description

node-rules including 3.0.0 and prior to 5.0.0 allows injection of arbitrary commands. The argument rules of function "fromJSON()" can be controlled by users without any sanitization.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Node.js, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mithunsatheesh/node-rules/commit/100862223904bb6478fcc33b701c7dee11f7b832%2C
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODERULES-560426

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