Critical
Security advisory
django-pyas2 through 1.2.3 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the cmd_receive and cmd_send fields on the Partner model. These fields are passed directly to os.system() in pyas2/utils.py without sanitization, allowing an authenticated admin user to execute arbitrary commands on the server when an AS2 message is received or sent.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-42168
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
django-pyas2 through 1.2.3 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the cmd_receive and cmd_send fields on the Partner model. These fields are passed directly to os.system() in pyas2/utils.py without sanitization, allowing an authenticated admin user to execute arbitrary commands on the server when an AS2 message is received or sent.
osv:CVE-2026-42168
Complete source record
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