VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-27637
The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- r-project/cran
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-07
- https://www.r-project.org/foundation/Vendor Advisory
- https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-07
- https://www.r-project.org/foundation/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.