CVE-2021-42561

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. When activated, the Human plugin passes the unsanitized name parameter to a python "os.system" function. This allows attackers to use shell metacharacters (e.g., backticks "``" or dollar parenthesis "$()" ) in order to escape the current command and execute arbitrary shell commands.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 12, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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