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2020-02-24
Arbitrary filesystem write vulnerability in Yarn before 1.22.0 allows attackers to write to any path on the filesystem and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution by forcing the user to install a malicious package.
| Products | Yarn |
| Type | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22) |
| First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
| Links |
• https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/7831
• https://hackerone.com/reports/730239 |