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TI-2020-06239 Aliases CVE-2020-7719GHSA-f98m-q3hr-p5wq

Prototype pollution in locutus

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-1321Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-915.

Summary

Versions of package locutus before 2.0.12 are vulnerable to prototype Pollution via the php.strings.parse_str function.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02753 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed locutus (npm): 2.0.12

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—locutusall versions—No fix listedCNA
—locutus (npm)before 2.0.122.0.12Patch availableGHSA-f98m-q3hr-p5wq
  • locutus Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • locutus (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.0.12 Fixed in 2.0.12 Patch available GHSA-f98m-q3hr-p5wq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:locutus:locutus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 2.0.12Vulnerablelocutusjs
  • cpe:2.3:a:locutus:locutus:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 2.0.12 Vulnerable ·locutusjs

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-f98m-q3hr-p5wq locutus (npm) Fixed in 2.0.12 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7719
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f98m-q3hr-p5wq

References

  • TI-2026-24833 Locutus: RCE via unsanitized input in create_function() CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-26333 Locutus has Prototype Pollution via __proto__ Key Injection in unserialize() CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-23234 Locutus: Remote Code Execution (RCE) in locutus call_user_func_array due to Code Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-26334 Locutus Prototype Pollution due to incomplete fix for CVE-2026-25521 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
  • TI-2026-20630 Locutus is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2021-06085 Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in locutus CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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