CVE-2020-26237
Prototype Pollution in highlight.js
02 Description
Prototype Pollution in highlight.js
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 1.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-11-24 23:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 15:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed4bbdd50a1a18e02418058800fa10913122075c18525e3bc0cd788d4c8e364e
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/security/advisories/GHSA-vfrc-7r7c-w9mx
- github.comhttps://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/pull/2636
- www.npmjs.comhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/highlight.js
- github.comhttps://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/commit/7241013ae011a585983e176ddc0489a7a52f6bb0
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20201230 [SECURITY] [DLA 2511-1] highlight.js security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00041.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- highlight.js Fixed in 9.18.1+dfsg1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- highlight.js Fixed in 9.18.1+dfsg1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- highlight.js Fixed in 9.18.1+dfsg1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- highlight.js Fixed in 8.2+ds-4ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- highlight.js Fixed in 9.12.0+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- highlight.js Fixed in 9.12.0+dfsg1-5ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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