CVE-2019-10773 affects Yarn versions prior to 1.21.1, allowing attackers to create arbitrary symlinks on the host filesystem through specially crafted "bin" keys during package installation, potentially overwriting existing files. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) has been observed, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, the potential for significant system compromise remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.21.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yarnpkg:yarn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.