chrome-launcher subject to OS Command Injection

published 2020-05-02 6 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-gp2j-mg4w-2rh5 , EUVD-2022-3981

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits: 0; none known

All versions of chrome-launcher allow execution of arbitrary commands, by controlling the $HOME environment variable in Linux operating systems.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

npm chrome-launcher 0.13.2
google chrome-launcher 0.13.2

github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher#197 pull request

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-7645 updated 2026-11-01 cvss 9.8

chrome-launcher: exploitable environment variables leads to execution of arbitrary commands

Red Hat Quay 3 yarnpkg-karma-chrome-launcher
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

snyk.io http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	chrome-launcher	<0.13.2	0.13.2

Affected products

n/a chrome-launcher

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

github.com /GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher/pull/197
web
snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-CHROMELAUNCHER-537575
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7645
advisory
github.com /GoogleChrome/chrome-launcher
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7645
GitHub Advisory GHSA-gp2j-mg4w-2rh5
NVD CVE-2020-7645

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Summary