What is GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g?

GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Path Traversal in Yarn

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g cover?

GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-8131. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g?

GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g?

GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g affects 1 product, including: npm/yarn:\u003c= 1.21.1.

GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62gHighCVSS 7.5

Path Traversal in Yarn

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 9, 2022

Last Modified

February 1, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-8131 →

📋 Description

Arbitrary filesystem write vulnerability in Yarn 1.21.1 and earlier 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.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/yarn:<= 1.21.1

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8131
https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7831
https://hackerone.com/reports/730239
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mfc-v7wv-p62g