CVE-2021-35196

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-06-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

Manuskript through 0.12.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted settings.pickle file in a project file, because there is insecure deserialization via the pickle.load() function in settings.py. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is not intended for opening an untrusted project file

Affected products

Theologeek Manuskript: through 0.12.0

References

https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/issues/891
https://www.pizzapower.me/2021/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-in-manuskript-0-12/
https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/issues/891
https://www.pizzapower.me/2021/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-in-manuskript-0-12/

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