CVE-2020-15692

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-08-14 18:45Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-07-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ec89812711aab24ecc6fe176ae9969daaf13567cea64837d1e3032dbd75bb1c6

• github.comhttps://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48x_refsource_MISC
• nim-lang.orghttps://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210204 [CVE-2020-15692] Nim - stdlib Browsers - `open` Argument Injectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• consensys.nethttps://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/x_refsource_MISC