VDB
CVE-2020-8131
CVE-2020-8131
REJECTED
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.
EPSS 1.04% · 77.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.04%
77.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | node-yarnpkg | 0, 1.13.0-1build1, 1.13.0-3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- Filesystem Writes via `yarn install` via symlinks and tar transforms inside a crafted malicious package (hackerone)
- Filesystem Writes via `yarn install` via symlinks and tar transforms inside a crafted malicious package (hackerone)
- Filesystem Writes via `yarn install` via symlinks and tar transforms inside a crafted malicious package (hackerone)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/730239 (canonical)
Timeline
- CVE Published
- Feb 15, 2020 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8131 third-party-advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/730239 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8131 third-party-advisory