Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15692
CVE-2020-15692
Description
In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.
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Affected products
8- Nim/Nimdescription
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/nim&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/nim&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/opensuse/nim&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.6.6-bp154.2.3.1+ 4 more
- (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-bp153.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-bp153.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.6.6-3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nimnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/1nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-browsers-argument-injection/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.htmlnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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