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CVE-2021-21372
Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nim-Lang | Nim | before 1.2.10 from 1.4.0 before 1.4.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37
- https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p
- https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130
- https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37
- https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p