CVE-2017-16020
Unsafe eval() in summit allows arbitrary code execution
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.79%
Description
Affected versions of `summit` allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via collection names when using the `PouchDB` driver. ## Recommendation No direct patch is available at this time. Currently, the best option to mitigate the issue is to avoid using the `PouchDB` driver, as the package author has abandoned this feature entirely.
How to fix CVE-2017-16020
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2017-16020 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 0.1.0, <= 0.1.22
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |