CVE-2020-7597
codecov-node npm module before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.The value provided as part of the gcov-root…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
codecov-node npm module before 3.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.The value provided as part of the gcov-root argument is executed by the exec function within lib/codecov.js. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2020-7596.
Timeline
ID reserved
By snyk
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
codecov npm module
- affected All versions prior to version 3.6.5
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmcodecovGHSA-5q88-cjfq-g2mh (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- https://github.com/codecov/codecov-node/commit/02cf13d8b93ac547b5b4c2cfe186b7d874fd234f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CODECOV-548879 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0290 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5q88-cjfq-g2mh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-7597)Record last updated .