Security advisory

{
  "id": "827e9e4732c21e03a2c66076ae780be25965d140b0753897071102ec35c1714f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35196",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-35196",
    "summary": "Manuskript through 0.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted settings.pickle file in a project file, because there is insecure deserialization via the pickle.load() function in settings.py. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is not intended for opening an untrusted project file",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-35196",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-35196",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-35196"
      ],
      "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/olivierkes/manuskript",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1eab9890b5b78f21654ca122e8a6f1b6912613d0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:theologeek:manuskript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.12.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.12.0",
            "0.11.0",
            "0.10.0",
            "0.9.0",
            "0.8.0",
            "0.7.0",
            "0.1.1",
            "0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-35196.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:47.461049754Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/issues/891",
        "https://www.pizzapower.me/2021/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-in-manuskript-0-12/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-35196",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386136,
  "published_at": "2021-06-21T23:15:10.723+00:00"
}