CVE-2020-7677 Arbitrary Code Execution

What is CVE-2020-7677?

CVE-2020-7677 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 25 Jul 2022.

Official description

This affects the package thenify before 3.3.1. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7677?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.webjars.npm:thenify and thenify. It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Thenify Project Thenify.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7677?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:thenify to 3.3.1 or later.

Is CVE-2020-7677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7677, DLA-3128-1, GHSA-29xr-v42j-r956, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7677, USN-6016-1.