vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary command execution (CVE-2021-21372)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 26, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 26, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
In Nimble before version 0.13.0, doCmd can be leveraged to execute arbitrary commands. An attacker can craft a malicious entry in the packages.json package list to trigger code execution.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2021-21372
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-21372
- URL-https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution/
- URL-https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown#0130
- URL-https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37
- URL-https://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-6
- CWE-20
- CWE-74
- CWE-78
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