CVE-2021-23420

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

This affects the package codeception/codeception from 4.0.0 and before 4.1.22, before 3.1.3. The RunProcess class can be leveraged as a gadget to run arbitrary commands on a system that is deserializing user input without validation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-502

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 11, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-23420: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix