CVE-2020-8149
Arbitrary shell command execution in logkitty
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-8149- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-8149- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0516 No score
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0516- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v8v8-6859-qxm4
Arbitrary shell command execution in logkitty
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
GHSA-v8v8-6859-qxm4- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
CVE-2020-8149- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-v8v8-6859-qxm4
Arbitrary shell command execution in logkitty
Lack of output sanitization allowed an attack to execute arbitrary shell commands via the logkitty npm package before version 0.7.1.
- Record
GHSA-v8v8-6859-qxm4- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2026-1792489426 No score
TuxCare security update for logkitty (1 CVE)
TuxCare rebuilt logkitty to address 1 CVE. Fixed in 0.6.1-tuxcare.1.
- Record
CLSA-2026-1792489426- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8149 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Logkitty Project Logkitty, published May 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in logkitty 0.7.1.