GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/02/GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j/GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5xf4-f2fq-f69j

Aliases

CVE-2019-10773

Published

2020-02-14T23:10:16Z

Modified

2025-01-08T05:42:11.367846Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Yarn Improper link resolution before file access (Link Following)

Details

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.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-02-13T21:01:35Z"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / yarn

Package

Name: yarn; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/yarn

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.22.0

Database specific

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "<= 1.21.1"
}