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CVE-2020-27637

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.24%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-01-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-27637
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.24%

Original NVD Description

The R programming language’s default package manager CRAN is affected by a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to server compromise. This vulnerability affects packages installed via the R CMD install cli command or the install.packages() function from the interpreter. Update to version 4.0.3