# CVE-2020-7712: Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-3C6G-PVG8-GQW2
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.0.0
- Published: 2020-08-30 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- n/a json: from unspecified, fixed in 10.0.0
- json (npm): fixed in 10.0.0
- org.webjars.npm:json (Maven): through 9.0.6

## Description

This affects the package json before 10.0.0. It is possible to inject arbritary commands using the parseLookup function.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a json, json, org.webjars.npm:json, upgrade to a fixed version (10.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JSON-597481
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-608931
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-608932
- https://github.com/trentm/json/issues/144
- https://github.com/trentm/json/pull/145
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d2e174230f6d26e16c007546e804c343f1f68956f526daaafa4aaae%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd9b9cc843f5cf5b532bdad9e87a817967efcf52b917e8c43b6df4cc7%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3abcd33c06ee95ab59faa1751198a1186d8941ddc2c2562c12966c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb023d54a46da1ac0d8969097f5fecc79636b07d3b80db7b818a5c55c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2b981912446a74e14fe6076c4b7c7d8502727ea0718e6a65a9b1be5%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c6d28e5b9a9b3481b7d1f90f1c2f75cd1a5ade91038426e0fb095da%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r977a907ecbedf87ae5ba47d4c77639efb120f74d4d1b3de14a4ef4da%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f17bfca1d6e7f4b33ae978725b2fd62a9f1b3111696eafa9add802d%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra890c24b3d90be36daf48ae76b263acb297003db24c1122f8e4aaef2%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rba7ea4d75d6a8e5b935991d960d9b893fd30e576c4d3b531084ebd7d%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb89bd82dffec49f83b49e9ad625b1b63a408b3c7d1a60d6f049142a0%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec8bb4d637b04575da41cfae49118e108e95d43bfac39b7b698ee4db%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37c0e1807da7ff2bdd028bbe296465a6bbb99e2320dbe661d5d8b33b%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b04f4e99a19613f88ae088aa18cd271231a3c79dfff8f5efa8cda61%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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