Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-23171

Description

A vulnerability in all versions of Nim-lang allows unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary directories via a crafted zip file with dot-slash characters included in the name of the crafted file.

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Affected products

nim-lang/nim-langllm-fuzzy3 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:nim-lang:nim-lang:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
nim-lang/zipllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/nim-lang/zip/issues/54nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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