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$ cve CVE-2021-40720 JSON

CVE-2021-40720

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 9.5% (pctl 95)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

Ops CLI version 2.0.4 (and earlier) is affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution when the checkout_repo function is called on a maliciously crafted file. An attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary code on the victim machine.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS9.52% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-502
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2021-10-15
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
adobeops-cli

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD