CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-4435

HIGH
7.7
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An untrusted search path vulnerability was found in Yarn. When a victim runs certain Yarn commands in a directory with attacker-controlled content, malicious commands could be executed in unexpected ways.

How to fix

Remediation Available
node-yarnpkgDebian
Fixed in:1.22.19+~cs24.27.18-1CVE-2021-4435
Fixed in:1.22.19+~cs24.27.18-1CVE-2021-4435
Fixed in:1.22.19+~cs24.27.18-1CVE-2021-4435
YarnWindows application
Affected:1.22.13Fixed in:1.22.13Yarn Contributors

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days
22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1
Issue Tracking1
Release Notes1

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