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CVE-2020-8131

Arbitrary filesystem write vulnerability in Yarn before 1.22.0 allows attackers to write to any path on the filesystem and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution by forcing the user to instal...

Published: Feb 24, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-22
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
5.0%
Top 8.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Path Traversal in Yarn

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

yarnnpmOSS Libraries
yarnyarnpkg
Library
OSS Libraries / npm
yarnn/a
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
yarnpkgoss-projectOSS Librariesaka yarn, website

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8131
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7831
github.com
https://hackerone.com/reports/730239
hackerone.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 24, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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