Security advisory

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  "id": "78dd16fc01af73026e5d3a9e7a4e45427dd0b63aa9e5526dacd0b8e2f393e4de",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42057",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-42057",
    "summary": "Obsidian Dataview through 0.4.12-hotfix1 allows eval injection. The evalInContext function in executes user input, which allows an attacker to craft malicious Markdown files that will execute arbitrary code once opened. NOTE: 0.4.13 provides a mitigation for some use cases.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-42057",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-42057",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-42057",
        "GHSA-xfg5-vrmc-24wc"
      ],
      "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/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d6989bcd9d0ee1519b5b4b720dd25867af87deab"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "3cbb5caf0bb4a775c2d38fbc470d580d8fc03987"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3a10245005e382801c325728dbd9667c4673bc34"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:obsidian:obsidian_dataview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:obsidian:obsidian_dataview:0.4.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.12-NA"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.12-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:obsidian:obsidian_dataview:0.4.12:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.4.12-hotfix1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.4.12-hotfix1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.4.12-NA",
            "0.4.12-hotfix1",
            "0.4.12",
            "0.4.11",
            "0.4.10",
            "build/main.js",
            "0.4.8",
            "0.4.7",
            "0.4.6",
            "0.4.5",
            "0.4.4",
            "0.4.3",
            "0.4.2",
            "0.4.1",
            "0.3.13",
            "0.3.12",
            "0.3.11",
            "0.3.10",
            "0.3.9",
            "0.3.8",
            "0.3.7",
            "0.3.6",
            "0.3.5",
            "0.3.4",
            "0.3.3",
            "0.3.2",
            "0.3.1",
            "0.3.0",
            "0.2.17",
            "0.2.16",
            "0.2.15",
            "0.2.14",
            "0.2.13",
            "0.2.12",
            "0.2.11",
            "0.2.10",
            "0.2.9",
            "0.2.8",
            "0.2.7",
            "0.2.6",
            "0.2.5",
            "0.2.4",
            "0.2.3",
            "0.2.2",
            "0.2.1",
            "untagged-4ed471ab8721a455dae4",
            "0.2.0",
            "0.1.10",
            "0.1.9",
            "0.1.8",
            "0.1.7",
            "0.1.6",
            "0.1.5",
            "0.1.4",
            "0.1.3",
            "0.1.2",
            "0.1.1",
            "0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42057.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:00.166237565Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview/issues/615"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-42057",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386658,
  "published_at": "2021-11-04T21:15:09.08+00:00"
}