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CVE-2021-31819 (GCVE-0-2021-31819)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-22 01:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:10
VLAI
Summary
In Halibut versions prior to 4.4.7 there is a deserialisation vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on systems that already trust each other based on certificate verification.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution via Deserialisation in the Halibut Protocol
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Octopus Deploy Halibut Affected: unspecified , < 4.4.7 (custom)
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