CVE-2021-21374

high

Description

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release versions before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, "nimble refresh" fetches a list of Nimble packages over HTTPS without full verification of the SSL/TLS certificate due to the default setting of httpClient. An attacker able to perform MitM can deliver a modified package list containing malicious software packages. If the packages are installed and used the attack escalates to untrusted code execution.

References

https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-c2wm-v66h-xhxx

https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130

https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/16940

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-03-26

Updated: 2021-03-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High