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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-15690

CVE-2020-15690

Description

In Nim before 1.2.6, the standard library asyncftpclient lacks a check for whether a message contains a newline character.

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Affected products

8

nim-lang/Nim
cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.2.6
Nim/Nimdescription
Nim/Nimllm-fuzzy
Range: <1.2.6
osv-coords5 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/nim&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/suse/nim&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.6.6-bp153.2.3.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-bp153.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-bp153.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-bp154.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-bp154.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-3.1

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References

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github.com/nim-lang/Nim/compare/v1.2.4...v1.2.6nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/3nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-asyncftpd-crlf-injection/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nimnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2020-15690nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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