CVE-2021-45463

gegl: shell expansion via a crafted pathname

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 15, 2021

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Due to the use of the system command in the Magick-Load op used by gegl an attacker is able to craft a command line path that is able to lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands that impacts availability, confidentiality and integrity.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation