CVE-2020-8178

Publication date 15 July 2020

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Insufficient input validation in npm package `jison` <= 0.4.18 may lead to OS command injection attacks.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
node-jison	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

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from GHSA "This vulnerability is not present in the released npm package. Rather the vulnerable code is part of the repo, but not part of the package."

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H