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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12556

The signature verification routine in install.sh in yarnpkg/website through 2018-06-05 only verifies that the yarn release is signed by any (arbitrary) key in the local keyring of the user, and does not pin the signature to the yarn release key, which…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.77%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The signature verification routine in install.sh in yarnpkg/website through 2018-06-05 only verifies that the yarn release is signed by any (arbitrary) key in the local keyring of the user, and does not pin the signature to the yarn release key, which allows remote attackers to sign tampered yarn release packages with their own key.

CVSS 3.0
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.77% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-347
Affected
yarnpkg/website
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.