CVE-2020-23171
Published: 10 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-23171 is a medium-severity Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere (CWE-610) vulnerability in Nim-Lang Nim-Lang. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-15924
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability in all versions of Nim-lang allows unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary directories via a crafted zip file with dot-slash characters included in the name of the crafted file.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Limits impact of an externally controlled reference to a primary information resource by switching to an identified alternative.