CVE-2021-3035 (GCVE-0-2021-3035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-20 03:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:17
VLAI
Title
Bridgecrew Checkov: Unsafe deserialization of Terraform files allows code execution
Summary
An unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Bridgecrew Checkov by Prisma Cloud allows arbitrary code execution when processing a malicious terraform file. This issue impacts Checkov 2.0 versions earlier than Checkov 2.0.26. Checkov 1.0 versions are not impacted.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Palo Alto Networks Bridgecrew Checkov Unaffected: 1.0 all
Affected: 2.0 , < 2.0.26 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-04-14 00:00
Credits
Palo Alto Networks thanks Kevin Higgs of Trail of Bits for discovering and reporting this issue.
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