CVE-2020-8131

NameCVE-2020-8131
DescriptionArbitrary 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severitymedium
Debian Bugs952912

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-yarnpkg (PTS)buster1.13.0-1+deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye, sid1.22.4-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-yarnpkgsource(unstable)1.22.4-2952912

Notes

https://hackerone.com/reports/730239
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7831
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