| Name | CVE-2020-8131 |
| Description | 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 install a malicious package. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 952912 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-yarnpkg (PTS) | buster | 1.13.0-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.22.10+~cs22.25.14-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.22.19+~cs24.27.18-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie, sid | 4.0.2+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-yarnpkg | source | (unstable) | 1.22.4-2 | | | 952912 |
Notes
[buster] - node-yarnpkg <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://hackerone.com/reports/730239
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7831