CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-21372

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-03-26 10:15

Updated : 2022-10-24 05:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-21372

Mitre link : CVE-2021-21372

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-78