{"id":"CVE-2020-7788","title":"This affects the package ini before 1.3.6","summary":"This affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the co…","severity":"high","cvss":7.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-1321"],"vendor":"ini_project","product":"ini","affected":["ini < 1.3.6","debian_linux = 9.0"],"patched":["ini 1.3.6"],"published":"2020-12-11","updated":"2026-10-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-08T22:17:03.403","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7788","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1","label":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html","label":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974","label":"report@snyk.io"},{"url":"https://github.com/npm/ini/commit/56d2805e07ccd94e2ba0984ac9240ff02d44b6f1","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-INI-1048974","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.03655,"epssPercentile":0.89314,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-08T23:16:47.311Z","slug":"CVE-2020-7788","body":"## Overview\n\nThis affects the package ini before 1.3.6. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with ini.parse, they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ini < 1.3.6`\n- `debian_linux = 9.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `ini 1.3.6`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":40.2,"likelihood":0.7,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}