CVE-2021-4326
Imperative Local Command Injection allows Activity Masking
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 22, 2023 at 03:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsZoweZowe
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A vulnerability in Imperative framework which allows already-privileged local actors to execute arbitrary shell commands via plugin install/update commands, or maliciously formed environment variables. Impacts Zowe CLI.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.16.0 ≤ v < 1.28.22.0.0 ≤ v < 2.5.0
Affected range stops below 1.28.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.28.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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