Is CVE-2020-26296 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-26296 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-26296?

CVE-2020-26296 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-26296?

CVE-2020-26296 has an EPSS score of 1.36% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-26296?

Upgrade vega to 5.17.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-26296

HIGH

8.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Vega is a visualization grammar, a declarative format for creating, saving, and sharing interactive visualization designs. Vega in an npm package. In Vega before version 5.17.3 there is an XSS vulnerability in Vega expressions. Through a specially crafted Vega expression, an attacker could execute arbitrary javascript on a victim's machine. This is fixed in version 5.17.3

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

vegaNVD

Affected:< 5.17.3Fixed in:5.17.3CVE-2020-26296derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2020-26296

Markdown

[![CVE-2020-26296](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-26296.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-26296)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-26296"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-26296.svg" alt="CVE-2020-26296"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.