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. 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 v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 82th percentile

Published

2021-01-12

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://labs.bishopfox.com/advisories/cran-version-4.0.2

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-27621
• CVE-2020-27652
• CVE-2020-27615
• CVE-2020-27653
• CVE-2020-27603
• CVE-2020-27658