CVE-2020-7789 (Medium) detected in node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz

## CVE-2020-7789 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz

A Node.js module for sending notifications on native Mac, Windows (post and pre 8) and Linux (or Growl as fallback)

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz

Path to dependency file: angular-libs/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: angular-libs/node_modules/node-notifier/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:
- jest-25.2.3.tgz (Root Library)
- core-25.5.4.tgz
- reporters-25.5.1.tgz
- :x: **node-notifier-6.0.0.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9488e30000c55115bdcf2c761e36ebc51f5a3f28

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

This affects the package node-notifier before 9.0.0. It allows an attacker to run arbitrary commands on Linux machines due to the options params not being sanitised when being passed an array.

Publish Date: 2020-12-11

URL: CVE-2020-7789

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.6)

Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: High
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: Low
- Integrity Impact: Low
- Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7789

Release Date: 2020-12-11

Fix Resolution: 9.0.0

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