Security advisory

{
  "id": "547973c9159bac5eb72ec4298375aaf9f623b02dab99ab53e54ec2ec5ac12a4b",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40720",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-40720",
    "summary": "Ops CLI version 2.0.4 (and earlier) is affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution when the checkout_repo function is called on a maliciously crafted file. An attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary code on the victim machine.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-40720",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-40720",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-40720",
        "GHSA-x23q-4j9j-9cxw",
        "PYSEC-2021-380"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/adobe/ops-cli",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c3c909a6a46f44b692bf6e92f024dea0606eab50"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:adobe:ops-cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "1.11.12",
            "1.12.0",
            "1.11.11",
            "1.11.10",
            "1.11.9",
            "1.11.8",
            "1.11.7",
            "1.11.6",
            "1.11.5",
            "1.11.4",
            "1.11.3",
            "1.11.2",
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11.0",
            "1.10.0",
            "1.9",
            "1.8",
            "1.7",
            "1.6",
            "1.5",
            "1.4",
            "1.3",
            "1.2",
            "1.1",
            "1.0",
            "0.36",
            "0.35",
            "0.34",
            "0.33",
            "0.32",
            "0.31",
            "0.29-prerelease",
            "0.29",
            "0.28",
            "0.27",
            "0.26",
            "0.25",
            "0.21",
            "0.20"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40720.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.964945560Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/ops_cli/apsb21-88.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-40720",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430389,
  "published_at": "2021-10-15T15:15:08.53+00:00"
}