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CVE-2020-13110
The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs…
High7.8EPSS 0.74%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path search.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.74% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmkerberosGHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghv (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1514 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://medium.com/%40kiddo_Ha3ker/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-cb4b32031cd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.op-c.net/2020/05/15/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-activity-6667043749547253760-kVlW (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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-m2mx-rfpw-jghv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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