PyPi: Localstack

CVE-2021-32090

Safety vulnerability ID: 42835

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Created at May 07, 2021 Updated at Mar 27, 2025
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Advisory

Localstack is vulnerable to CVE-2021-32090: The dashboard component of StackLift LocalStack 0.12.6 allows attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands via the functionName parameter. After disclosure, vendor said that these threats "are not considered a key concern since LocalStack is executed on a local machine". There's no information about patches for these vulnerabilities.
https://blog.sonarsource.com/hack-the-stack-with-localstack

Affected package

localstack

Latest version: 4.3.0

LocalStack - A fully functional local Cloud stack

Affected versions

Fixed versions

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.8
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

HIGH 10.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact (I)
COMPLETE
Availability Impact (A)
COMPLETE