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
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202401-7 - A vulnerability was found in R which could allow for remote code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 4.0.4 are affected.