CVE-2021-4435
Yarn: untrusted search path
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 4, 2024 at 07:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorYarn
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
VDB Entryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4435Issue Trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262284SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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