CVE-2021-21372

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2021-21372
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-26 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-24 17:14:00 UTC
DescriptionNimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release version before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, Nimble doCmd is used in different places and can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nim-lang Nim All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
nimble/changelog.markdown at master · nim-lang/nimble · GitHub MISC github.com
Nim - Insecure SSL/TLS Defaults, MitM, and nimble Remote Code Execution | ConsenSys Diligence MISC consensys.net
Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata · Advisory · nim-lang/security · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Merge pull request #894 from nim-lang/fixes-rce · nim-lang/nimble@7bd63d5 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180264 Debian Security Update for nim (CVE-2021-21372)
  • 750247 OpenSUSE Security Update for nim (openSUSE-SU-2021:0618-1)

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report