Vulnerability · Published Jun 21, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-35196

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity unsafe deserialization in the manuskript package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Manuskript through 0.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted settings.pickle file in a project file, because there is insecure deserialization via the pickle.load() function in settings.py. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is not intended for opening an untrusted project file

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	manuskript	0.14.0-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35196
Debian:13	manuskript	0.14.0-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35196
Debian:14	manuskript	0.14.0-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35196

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/issues/891 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.pizzapower.me/2021/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-in-manuskript-0-12/ x_refsource_MISC