CVE-2021-21372 (GCVE-0-2021-21372)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 21:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
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Title
Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata
Summary
Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release version before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, Nimble doCmd is used in different places and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.
Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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Vendor Product Version
nim-lang security Affected: < 1.2.10
Affected: >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4
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