CVE-2022-21797

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    CVE-2022-21797

    Published: 26 Sept 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Arbitrary Code Execution

    Details: The package joblib from 0 and before 1.2.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the pre_dispatch flag in Parallel() class due to the eval() statement.

    References: https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-JOBLIB-3027033, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/21xxx/CVE-2022-21797.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BVOMMW37OXZWU2EV5ONAAS462IQEHZOF/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MJ5XTJS6OKJRRVXWFN5J67K3BYPEOBDF/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21797, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-01, https://github.com/joblib/joblib/issues/1128, https://github.com/joblib/joblib/commit/b90f10efeb670a2cc877fb88ebb3f2019189e059, https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1321, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00020.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00027.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -f08737d9f23d3cdb40680f2e43d5e447bffe6271

    Affected versions

    1.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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