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TI-2020-06285 Aliases CVE-2020-7768GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9

Prototype pollution in grpc

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-915.

Summary

The package grpc before 1.24.4; the package @grpc/grpc-js before 1.1.8 are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via loadPackageDefinition.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04026 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed grpc: 1.24.4@grpc/grpc-js: 1.1.8+2 more products

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—grpcbefore 1.24.41.24.4Patch availableCNA
—@grpc/grpc-jsbefore 1.1.81.1.8Patch availableCNA
—grpc (npm)before 1.24.41.24.4Patch availableGHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9
—@grpc/grpc-js (npm)before 1.1.81.1.8Patch availableGHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9
  • grpc Vendor— Affected before 1.24.4 Fixed in 1.24.4 Patch available CNA
  • @grpc/grpc-js Vendor— Affected before 1.1.8 Fixed in 1.1.8 Patch available CNA
  • grpc (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.24.4 Fixed in 1.24.4 Patch available GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9
  • @grpc/grpc-js (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.1.8 Fixed in 1.1.8 Patch available GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*before 1.1.8Vulnerablegrpc
cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*before 1.24.2Vulnerablegrpc
  • cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.1.8 Vulnerable ·grpc
  • cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* Versions before 1.24.2 Vulnerable ·grpc

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA grpc Fixed in 1.24.4
  • Fix · CNA @grpc/grpc-js Fixed in 1.1.8
  • Fix · GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9 grpc (npm) Fixed in 1.24.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9 @grpc/grpc-js (npm) Fixed in 1.1.8 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7768
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pp75-xfpw-37g9

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-25614 gRPC-Go has an authorization bypass via missing leading slash in :path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2017-05916 Google gRPC before 2017-03-29 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05476 Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06843 Google gRPC before 2017-04-05 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05477 Google gRPC before 2017-02-22 has an out-of-bounds write related to the gpr_free function in core/lib/support/alloc.c. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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