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CVE-2021-21372

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21372 is a critical vulnerability affecting Nimble, the package manager for the Nim programming language, in versions prior to 1.2.10 and 1.4.4. This flaw allows for arbitrary command execution due to improper handling of the doCmd function, which can be triggered by a specially crafted entry in the packages.json package list. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, as an unauthenticated attacker can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0364 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

consensys.net / diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-insecure-ssl-tls-defaults-remote-code-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / nim-lang/nimble/blob/master/changelog.markdown
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / nim-lang/nimble/commit/7bd63d504a4157b8ed61a51af47fb086ee818c37
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-rg9f-w24h-962p
Third Party Advisory