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CVE-2020-37282

office-converter through 1.0.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted fileName to generatePdf() or generateHtml(). Attackers can embed $(...), backticks, or a closing quote with shell metacharacters in the file name, which is concatenated into an unoconv command run via child_process.exec(), executing commands with Node.js process privileges.

Scores

9.3
CVSS 9.3 out of 10, critical severity.
3%
EPSS 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
14 October 2026
Last changed
16 October 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.3 out of 10 (version 4.0)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R…
Weakness
Known exploited
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
EPSS
3.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 87).

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