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01 Record

CVE-2021-21372

Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score8.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 89.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-03-26 21:20Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:09Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-12-22
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')Class
  • CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
eabd4309c7697274c44b56cdfcb143a06e2a1c1e66c9ba6978c418a0e6b05296

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
nim-langsecurity< 1.2.10, >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • nim
    Fixed in 1.4.6+really1.4.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • nim
    Fixed in 1.4.6+really1.4.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • nim
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.