OS Command Injection in install-package

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2020-7629 · GHSA-6m4r-m3gc-h4r5 · SNYK-JS-INSTALLPACKAGE-564267 · Published 02/04/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7629 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting install-package (install-package project), install-package.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.2%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
install-package install-package_project	`≤ 0.4.0`	No fix yet
install-package npm	`≤ 0.4.0`	No fix yet

install-package through 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It allows execution of arbitrary commands via the options argument.

NVD description

install-package through 0.4.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection. It allows execution of arbitrary commands via the options argument.

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