# CVE-2020-7678: Arbitrary Code Execution

- Also known as: GHSA-PC62-CQ5X-3J5G
- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:U/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-25 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a node-import: all versions
- node-import (npm): through 0.9.2

## Description

This affects all versions of package node-import. The "params" argument of module function can be controlled by users without any sanitization.b. This is then provided to the “eval” function located in line 79 in the index file "index.js".

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NODEIMPORT-571691
- https://github.com/mahdaen/node-import/blob/master/index.js%23L79

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