Unsafe eval() in summit allows arbitrary code execution

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-16020 · GHSA-cwcp-6c48-fm7m · Published 04/06/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-16020 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting summit (summit project), summit.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
summit summit_project	`≥ 0.1.0, ≤ 0.1.21`	No fix yet
summit npm	`≥ 0.1.0, ≤ 0.1.22`	No fix yet

Description

Affected versions of summit allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via collection names when using the PouchDB driver.

Recommendation

No direct patch is available at this time.

Currently, the best option to mitigate the issue is to avoid using the PouchDB driver, as the package author has abandoned this feature entirely.

NVD description

Summit is a node web framework. When using the PouchDB driver in the module, Summit 0.1.0 and later allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via the collection name.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16020 · ADVISORY
notduncansmith/summit · WEB
fredhohman/summit · PACKAGE
nodesecurity.io/advisories/315 · Third Party Advisory

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