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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2021-32849 json

Arbitrary command execution in Gerapy

published 2022-01-06 4 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j , PYSEC-2022-17 , EUVD-2022-0112

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.6%
EPSS 7.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gerapy is a distributed crawler management framework. Prior to version 0.9.9, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.9. There are no known workarounds.

Patch / fix

  • pypi gerapy 0.9.9
  • gerapy gerapy 0.9.9

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

7.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-076-gerapy/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/security/advisories/GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lgtm.com https://lgtm.com/projects/g/Gerapy/Gerapy?mode=tree&ruleFocus=1505994646253 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi gerapy
<0.9.9
0.9.9

Affected products

  • Gerapy gerapy

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.