CVE-2020-28270
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Prototype pollution vulnerability in 'object-hierarchy-access' versions 0.2.0 through 0.32.0 allows attacker to cause a denial of service and may lead to remote code execution.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.85%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 90
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-1321
References
- https://github.com/mjpclab/object-hierarchy-access/commit/7b1aa134a8bc4a376296bcfac5c3463aef2b7572
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28270
- https://github.com/mjpclab/object-hierarchy-access/commit/7b1aa134a8bc4a376296bcfac5c3463aef2b7572
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28270
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