Security advisory

{
  "id": "888b641b534a02256148771f8e9635afe979aa460fa7d925717bc6443b8587a0",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44255",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44255",
    "summary": "Authenticated remote code execution in MotionEye <= 0.42.1 and MotioneEyeOS <= 20200606 allows a remote attacker to upload a configuration backup file containing a malicious python pickle file which will execute arbitrary code on the server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44255",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-44255",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-44255",
        "GHSA-m2c7-42rf-c62f",
        "PYSEC-2026-681"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneye",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "acdc6644dbb0768a228d45fc2b230b779a9bc661"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:motioneye_project:motioneye:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.42.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.42",
            "0.41",
            "0.41rc1",
            "0.40",
            "0.40rc5",
            "0.40rc4",
            "0.40rc3",
            "0.40rc2",
            "0.40rc1",
            "0.39.3",
            "0.39.1",
            "0.39",
            "0.38",
            "0.37",
            "0.37rc1",
            "0.36.1",
            "0.36",
            "0.35.2",
            "0.35.1",
            "0.35",
            "0.35rc1",
            "0.34.1",
            "0.34",
            "0.34rc1",
            "0.31.4",
            "0.31.3",
            "0.31.2",
            "0.31.1",
            "0.31",
            "0.30",
            "0.30rc2",
            "0.30rc1",
            "0.29rc2",
            "0.29rc1",
            "0.28.3",
            "0.28.2",
            "0.28.1",
            "0.28",
            "0.27.2",
            "0.27.1",
            "0.27",
            "0.26",
            "0.25.2",
            "0.25.1",
            "0.25",
            "0.24",
            "0.23",
            "0.22",
            "0.21",
            "0.20",
            "0.19",
            "0.18",
            "0.17",
            "0.16",
            "0.15",
            "0.14",
            "0.13",
            "0.12",
            "0.11",
            "0.10",
            "0.9",
            "0.8",
            "0.7",
            "0.6",
            "0.5",
            "0.4",
            "0.3",
            "0.2",
            "0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44255.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:26.802750644Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.pizzapower.me/2021/10/09/self-hosted-security-part-1-motioneye/",
        "https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/issues/2843"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:motioneyeos_project:motioneyeos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "motioneyeos_project:motioneyeos",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "20200606"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44255",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442186,
  "published_at": "2022-01-31T12:15:07.767+00:00"
}