Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
image-tiler versions before 2.0.2 are reported vulnerable to command injection. In business terms, a vulnerable application could allow an attacker to make the host run unintended system commands if the affected package is reachable through application input. The issue is rated critical, but the provided sources do not show active exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as high-priority if image-tiler is present in internet-facing or automated image-processing systems. The potential impact is full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but urgency depends on confirmed package usage and exposure.
Technical view
CVE-2020-28451 affects the npm package image-tiler before 2.0.2. The supplied CVSS 3.1 score is 9.8, with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction. The public bundle does not identify the exact vulnerable input path or include safe validation details.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to software that directly or transitively uses image-tiler before version 2.0.2, especially services that process user-controlled image tiling requests. Organizations not using this package are not affected based on the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle. No cited source in the bundle claims active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates the vulnerability could be remotely reachable without authentication or user interaction if the vulnerable package is exposed through an application path.
Researcher notes
The source bundle confirms package, version boundary, severity, and references, but lacks vulnerable-code detail, exploitation evidence, and operational mitigations beyond upgrading past the affected range. Avoid assuming broader product impact without dependency evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory applications and dependencies for image-tiler usage.
- Upgrade image-tiler to version 2.0.2 or later where present.
- Review the referenced upstream commit and Snyk advisory for vendor-specific guidance.
- Restrict untrusted access to affected image-processing paths until upgraded.
- Rebuild and redeploy affected applications after dependency updates.
Validation and detection
- Confirm dependency manifests and lockfiles do not reference image-tiler before 2.0.2.
- Check software composition analysis results for CVE-2020-28451 or SNYK-JS-IMAGETILER-1051029.
- Verify deployed artifacts include the remediated package version.
- Review application routes that pass user input into image tiling workflows.
- Run regression tests for image tiling behavior after upgrade.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-IMAGETILER-1051029CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/MrP/image-tiler/commit/f4a0b13a4bf43655fc4013e04bbceaf77aecbeb8CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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