CVE-2021-4435: Untrusted Search Path

February 4, 2024 (updated February 13, 2024)

An untrusted search path vulnerability was found in Yarn. When a victim runs certain Yarn commands in a directory with attacker-controlled content, malicious commands could be executed in unexpected ways.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4435
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262284
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpwj-fcr6-x34c
github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/commit/67fcce88935e45092ffa2674c08053f1ef5268a1
github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/releases/tag/v1.22.13
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4435

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