CVE-2020-23171

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-610

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/nim-lang/zip/issues/54Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/nim-lang/zip/issues/54Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 10, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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