high7.8
CVE-2019-10773
In Yarn before 1.21.1, the package install functionality can be abused to generate arbitrary symlinks on the host filesystem by using specially crafted "bin" k…
Impact
In Yarn before 1.21.1, the package install functionality can be abused to generate arbitrary symlinks on the host filesystem by using specially crafted "bin" keys. Existing files could be overwritten depending on the current user permission set.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Yarnpkg | Yarn | before 1.21.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0475
- https://blog.daniel-ruf.de/critical-design-flaw-npm-pnpm-yarn/
- https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/commit/039bafd74b7b1a88a53a54f8fa6fa872615e90e7
- https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/7761#issuecomment-565493023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3HIZW4NZVV5QY5WWGW2JRP3FHYKZ6ZJ5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITY5BC63CCC647DFNUQRQ5AJDKUKUNBI/
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-YARN-537806%2C
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0475
- https://blog.daniel-ruf.de/critical-design-flaw-npm-pnpm-yarn/
- https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/commit/039bafd74b7b1a88a53a54f8fa6fa872615e90e7
- https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/7761#issuecomment-565493023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3HIZW4NZVV5QY5WWGW2JRP3FHYKZ6ZJ5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ITY5BC63CCC647DFNUQRQ5AJDKUKUNBI/
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-YARN-537806%2C