CVE-2020-13110
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 16, 2020 at 11:56 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKerberos
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
The kerberos package before 1.0.0 for Node.js allows arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation via injection of malicious DLLs through use of the kerberos_sspi LoadLibrary() method, because of a DLL path search.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.0.0
Affected range stops below 1.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/op-innovate_dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package-activity-6667043749547253760-kVlWx_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.op-c.net/2020/05/15/dll-injection-attack-in-kerberos-npm-package/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-427
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