CVE-2020-27637

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: R versions prior to 4.0.3

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.

Recommendations: Update to version 4.0.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the install.packages() function and the R CMD install cli command until the update is applied.