CVE-2021-21374 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-21374

Nimble fails to validate certificates due to insecure httpClient defaults

Vulnerability Description

Nimble is a package manager for the Nim programming language. In Nim release versions before versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4, "nimble refresh" fetches a list of Nimble packages over HTTPS without full verification of the SSL/TLS certificate due to the default setting of httpClient. An attacker able to perform MitM can deliver a modified package list containing malicious software packages. If the packages are installed and used the attack escalates to untrusted code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

security
Vulnerable Versions:
< 1.2.10, >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.4

Timeline

Official Publish: March 26th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-348 CWE-599 CWE-349

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.