`CVE-2020-7712` json

Affected software	json
Severity	7.2 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Weakness	OS command injection (CWE-78)
Published	30 Aug 2020
Updated	8 Oct 2026

Description

This affects the package json before 10.0.0. It is possible to inject arbritary commands using the parseLookup function.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 3.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full Process
Action available security rule
Review automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding	Protected by Waratek's ARMR command-injection security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-78: OS Command Injection.
Candidate fix	https://github.com/trentm/json/pull/145 : a pull request: the change under review

Decided by

A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

Finding

Protected by Waratek's ARMR command-injection security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-78: OS Command Injection.

Candidate fix

https://github.com/trentm/json/pull/145 : a pull request: the change under review

How to mitigate CVE-2020-7712

Apply the vendor's fix for json. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its process rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

7.2 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H report@snyk.io Secondary published

CVSS 3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary

CVSS 2.0 6.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	7.2	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	report@snyk.io	Secondary	published
CVSS 3.1	7.2	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary
CVSS 2.0	6.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗	CPU	2023-Q2	Oracle Siebel CRM / Loging (Apache ZooKeeper) (22.5 and prior)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q3	Oracle Commerce / Framework, Experience Manager (Apache ZooKeeper) (11.3.2) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Apache ZooKeeper) (8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2022 ↗	CPU	2022-Q1	Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database / TimesTen Infrastructure (Apache ZooKeeper) (Prior to 21.1.1.1.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q3	Oracle Financial Services Applications / Reports (Apache ZooKeeper) (8.0.9.6.3)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2023 ↗

CPU

2023-Q2

Oracle Siebel CRM / Loging (Apache ZooKeeper) (22.5 and prior)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q3

Oracle Commerce / Framework, Experience Manager (Apache ZooKeeper) (11.3.2)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Studio (Apache ZooKeeper) (8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2022 ↗

CPU

2022-Q1

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database / TimesTen Infrastructure (Apache ZooKeeper) (Prior to 21.1.1.1.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q3

Oracle Financial Services Applications / Reports (Apache ZooKeeper) (8.0.9.6.3)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Commerce	Framework, Experience Manager (Apache ZooKeeper)	11.3.2	11.3.2
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Reports (Apache ZooKeeper)	8.0.9.6.3	8.0.9.6.3
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Studio (Apache ZooKeeper)	8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0	8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
Oracle Siebel CRM	Loging (Apache ZooKeeper)	22.5 and prior
Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database	TimesTen Infrastructure (Apache ZooKeeper)	Prior to 21.1.1.1.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Commerce

Framework, Experience Manager (Apache ZooKeeper)

11.3.2

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Reports (Apache ZooKeeper)

8.0.9.6.3

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Studio (Apache ZooKeeper)

8.0.8.2.0, 8.0.8.3.0

8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0

Oracle Siebel CRM

Loging (Apache ZooKeeper)

22.5 and prior

Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database

TimesTen Infrastructure (Apache ZooKeeper)

Prior to 21.1.1.1.0

Products and versions

5 products, 6 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	joyent	json	generic	＜ 10.0.0
nvd	oracle	commerce guided search	generic	11.3.2
nvd	oracle	financial services crime and compliance management studio	generic	8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0
nvd	oracle	financial services regulatory reporting with agilereporter	generic	8.0.9.6.3
nvd	oracle	timesten in-memory database	generic	＜ 21.1.1.1.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

joyent

json

generic

＜ 10.0.0

nvd

oracle

commerce guided search

generic

11.3.2

nvd

oracle

financial services crime and compliance management studio

generic

8.0.8.2.0 · 8.0.8.3.0

nvd

oracle

financial services regulatory reporting with agilereporter

generic

8.0.9.6.3

nvd

oracle

timesten in-memory database

generic

＜ 21.1.1.1.0

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/trentm/json/pull/145	pr
https://github.com/trentm/json/issues/144	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37c0e1807da7ff2bdd028bbe296465a6bbb99e2320dbe661d5d8b33b%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3b04f4e99a19613f88ae088aa18cd271231a3c79dfff8f5efa8cda61%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f17bfca1d6e7f4b33ae978725b2fd62a9f1b3111696eafa9add802d%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8d2e174230f6d26e16c007546e804c343f1f68956f526daaafa4aaae%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r977a907ecbedf87ae5ba47d4c77639efb120f74d4d1b3de14a4ef4da%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9c6d28e5b9a9b3481b7d1f90f1c2f75cd1a5ade91038426e0fb095da%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra890c24b3d90be36daf48ae76b263acb297003db24c1122f8e4aaef2%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb023d54a46da1ac0d8969097f5fecc79636b07d3b80db7b818a5c55c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E

URL

Timeline

Published	2020-08-30	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-10-08	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2020-08-30

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-10-08

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (19 of 24 rules ran)

19 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven no match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package no match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product matched In scope Matches known products: oracle/commerce_guided_search, oracle/financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio, oracle/financial_services_regulatory_reporting_with_agilereporter

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (pr tier): https://github.com/trentm/json/pull/145

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match decided it matched Protected by Waratek CWE-78 (OS Command Injection) is mitigable by an ARMR command-injection security rule.

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold skipped Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published skipped Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

joyent json not tracked cpe:2.3:a:joyent:json:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

oracle commerce_guided_search tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_crime_and_compliance_management_studio:8.0.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle financial_services_regulatory_reporting_with_agilereporter tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:financial_services_regulatory_reporting_with_agilereporter:8.0.9.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle timesten_in-memory_database not tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:timesten_in-memory_database:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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