Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting localstack package, versions [0,0.12.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    8.08% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-LOCALSTACK-1290377
  • published 7 May 2021
  • disclosed 7 May 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade localstack to version 0.12.6.1 or higher.

Overview

localstack is an An easy-to-use test/mocking framework for developing Cloud applications

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). The dashboard component of StackLift LocalStack allows attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands via the functionName parameter.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9.8 critical