CVE-2020-8186
Injection and Command Injection in devcert
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
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
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
- Record
CVE-2020-8186- 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-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
- Record
CVE-2020-8186- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0927 No score
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
- Record
EUVD-2021-0927- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4228-7qvx-f4rq
Injection and Command Injection in devcert
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
- Record
GHSA-4228-7qvx-f4rq- 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-74, CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-4228-7qvx-f4rq
Injection and Command Injection in devcert
A command injection vulnerability in the devcert module may lead to remote code execution when users of the module pass untrusted input to the certificateFor function.
- Record
GHSA-4228-7qvx-f4rq- 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-74, CWE-77, CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-8186 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Devcert, published July 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.77%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in devcert 1.1.2.