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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-23154

In Lens prior to 5.3.4, custom helm chart configuration creates helm commands from string concatenation of provided arguments which are then executed in the user's shell. Arguments can be provided which cause arbitrary shell commands to run on the system.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-23154

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jan 2022, 16:15 UTC

In Lens prior to 5.3.4, custom helm chart configuration creates helm commands from string concatenation of provided arguments which are then executed in the user's shell. Arguments can be provided which cause arbitrary shell commands to run on the system.

osv:CVE-2021-23154
Complete source record
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  "id": "92f56b8538d72fa70d2f755f630b8d858c0285a16efb495e2d374d2a7d2d901a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23154",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23154",
    "summary": "In Lens prior to 5.3.4, custom helm chart configuration creates helm commands from string concatenation of provided arguments which are then executed in the user's shell. Arguments can be provided which cause arbitrary shell commands to run on the system.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23154",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23154",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23154"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/lensapp/lens",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c651fc1b428fbaaa72edbcf8cdc550b29252a336"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mirantis:lens:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.3.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v5.3.3",
            "v5.3.0",
            "v5.0.0-beta.1",
            "v4.2.0-beta.1",
            "v3.6.5-rc.1",
            "v3.1.0-beta.1",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0-rc.3",
            "v3.0.0-rc.2",
            "v3.0.0-rc.1",
            "v3.0.0",
            "v2.7.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-23154.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.270589294Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Mirantis/security/blob/main/advisories/0003.md"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23154",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437886,
  "published_at": "2022-01-10T16:15:08.41+00:00"
}