Code Injection in py3-joblib - CVE-2022-21797

 

Code Injection in py3-joblib - CVE-2022-21797

Published: February 14, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72164
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21797
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the pre_dispatch flag in Parallel() class due to the eval() statement. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.


Affected software

py3-joblib
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
PowerStore T
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator
Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak
Gentoo Linux
openEuler
Fedora
python-joblib
python3-joblib
dev-python/joblib

How to mitigate CVE-2022-21797

Install updates from vendor's website.

py3-joblib - update to 1.2.0
python-joblib - update to 0.14.0-4
python3-joblib - update to 0.14.0-4
dev-python/joblib - update to 1.2.0
python-joblib - addressed in versions 1.2.0-1.fc36, 1.2.0-1.fc37
PowerStore T - update to 3.6.1.2-2315284
IBM Watson Machine Learning Accelerator - update to 4.0
Dell EMC PowerStore Family Operating System - update to 4.0.0.0-2284811
Robotic Process Automation for Cloud Pak - update to 21.0.6

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