CVE-2020-15095 | Sensitive information exposure through logs in npm cli

Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.14.6 are vulnerable to an information exposure vulnerability through log files. The CLI supports URLs like "<protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>". The password value is not redacted and is printed to stdout and also to any generated log files.

Published: 2020-07-07 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-15095 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-15095

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-24 0.04% 0.10% +0.06%
2 2025-11-21 0.10% 0.04% -0.05%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-15095

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 0.8 3.6 [email protected]
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-15095

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-15095

GHSA-93f3-23rq-pjfp · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — npm CLI exposing sensitive information through logs

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-15095

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2020-15095 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (npm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15095
gentoo normal CVE-2020-15095: 1 GLSA(s) (202101-07), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/nodejs); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2020-15095
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15095
suse medium CVE-2020-15095 severity moderate: SUSE including 49 source package names (12:nodejs12-12.18.4-4.6.1, 12:npm12-12.18.4-4.6.1, …), 129 product×package rows across 18 product lines (Container bci/node, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (18 product lines)): Fixed 129. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15095/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-15095 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (npm), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, needs-triage 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15095

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-15095

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
npmjs npm < 6.14.6 cpe:2.3:a:npmjs:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 33 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-15095

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00023.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/66aab417f836a901f8afb265251f761bb0422463/CHANGELOG.md#6146-2020-07-07 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a9857b8f6869451ff058789c4631fadfde5bbcbc Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/npm/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-93f3-23rq-pjfp Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OOYAMJVLLCLXDTHW3V5UXNULZBBK4O6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-07 Third Party Advisory
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