{"cve":"CVE-2020-28472","nvd":{"published":"2021-01-19T11:15:13.027","modified":"2026-06-17T03:10:30.657","status":"Modified","description":"This affects the package @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader before 1.0.0-rc.9; the package aws-sdk before 2.814.0. If an attacker submits a malicious INI file to an application that parses it with loadSharedConfigFiles , they will pollute the prototype on the application. This can be exploited further depending on the context.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/commit/a209082dff913939672bb069964b33aa4c5409a9","https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js/pull/3585/commits/7d72aff2a941173733fcb6741b104cd83d3bc611","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1059426","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1059425","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-AWSSDK-1059424"],"products":["amazon:aws_sdk_for_javascipt","amazon:aws_shared_configuration_file_loader"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:14:10.479542811+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-28472","score":0.02168,"percentile":0.82264,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rrc9-gqf8-8rwg","summary":"Prototype Pollution via file load in aws-sdk and @aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader","modified":"2025-01-14T08:57:08.927770Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"aws-sdk","purl":"pkg:npm/aws-sdk","ranges":["<2.814.0"],"fixed":["2.814.0"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader","purl":"pkg:npm/%40aws-sdk/shared-ini-file-loader","ranges":["<1.0.0-rc.9"],"fixed":["1.0.0-rc.9"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}