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CVE-2021-32849: Arbitrary command execution in Gerapy

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Gerapy is a distributed crawler management framework. Prior to version 0.9.9, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.9. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• Gerapy: before 0.9.9 — fixed in 0.9.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gerapy 0.9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/issues/197
• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/issues/217
• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/security/advisories/GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j
• https://lgtm.com/projects/g/Gerapy/Gerapy?mode=tree&ruleFocus=1505994646253
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-076-gerapy/
• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/issues/197
• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/issues/217
• https://github.com/Gerapy/Gerapy/security/advisories/GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j
• https://lgtm.com/projects/g/Gerapy/Gerapy?mode=tree&ruleFocus=1505994646253
• https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-076-gerapy/

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