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CVE-2020-15693 (GCVE-0-2020-15693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-14 18:47 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:22

Summary

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient is vulnerable to a CR-LF injection in the target URL. An injection is possible if the attacker controls any part of the URL provided in a call (such as httpClient.get or httpClient.post), the User-Agent header value, or custom HTTP header names or values.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c…	x_refsource_MISC
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/n…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2020-07-30 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2020-15693

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-08-14 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:57

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

URL	Tags
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cve@mitre.org	https://consensys.net/diligence/vulnerabilities/nim-httpclient-header-crlf-injection/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/httpclient.nim#L1023	Patch, Third Party Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/04/2	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/httpclient.nim#L1023	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nim-lang	nim	*

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GSD-2020-15693

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

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CVE-2020-15693

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CVE-2020-15693

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OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10095-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2022-08-24 02:33 - Updated: 2022-08-24 02:33

Summary

Security update for nim

Severity

Important

Scope

9 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2020-15693.

CVE-2020-15693

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 6 products

Open the full advisory

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10101-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2022-08-27 12:33 - Updated: 2022-08-27 12:33

Summary

Security update for nim

Severity

Important

Scope

9 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2020-15693.

CVE-2020-15693

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 6 products

Open the full advisory

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12253-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-15 00:00

Summary

nim-1.6.6-3.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

6 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2020-15693.

CVE-2020-15693

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 4 products

Open the full advisory

ubuntu-cve-2020-15693

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-08-14 19:15

Modified

2025-10-24 04:48

Summary

Details

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15693	REPORT
	https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c…	REPORT
	https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15693	REPORT

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CVE-2020-15693 (GCVE-0-2020-15693)

FKIE_CVE-2020-15693

GSD-2020-15693

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10095-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:10101-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12253-1

ubuntu-cve-2020-15693

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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