CVE-2020-15692
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.1%
Description
In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.
How to fix CVE-2020-15692
To remediate CVE-2020-15692, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nim—upgrade to 1.2.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-15692 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.2.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |