Command injection in async-git
Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- 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-78.
Summary
The package async-git before 1.13.2 are vulnerable to Command Injection via shell meta-characters (back-ticks). For example: git.reset('atouch HACKEDb')
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02549 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed async-git: 1.13.2async-git (npm): 1.13.2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | async-git | before 1.13.2 | 1.13.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | async-git (npm) | before 1.13.2 | 1.13.2 | Patch available | GHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gch |
- async-git Vendor— Affected before 1.13.2 Fixed in 1.13.2 Patch available CNA
- async-git (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.13.2 Fixed in 1.13.2 Patch available GHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gch
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:async-git_project:async-git:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 1.13.2 | Vulnerable | Async-git Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:async-git_project:async-git:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.13.2 Vulnerable ·Async-git Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA async-git Fixed in 1.13.2
- Fix · GHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gch async-git (npm) Fixed in 1.13.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28490
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gch
References
More Async-git Project Async-git vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-02266 The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-28490 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-28490 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6qpr-9mc5-7gch · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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