CVE-2022-41875: Remote Code Execution in Optica

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-502

Description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Optica allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted JSON payloads. Specially crafted JSON payloads may lead to RCE (remote code execution) on the attacked system running Optica. The vulnerability was patched in v. 0.10.2, where the call to the function `oj.load` was changed to `oj.safe_load`.

Affected products

airbnb optica: before 0.10.2 — fixed in 0.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: airbnb optica 0.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/airbnb/optica/security/advisories/GHSA-cf87-4h6x-phh6
https://github.com/ohler55/oj/blob/develop/pages/Security.md
https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/oj/3.0.2/Oj.safe_load
https://github.com/airbnb/optica/security/advisories/GHSA-cf87-4h6x-phh6
https://github.com/ohler55/oj/blob/develop/pages/Security.md
https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/oj/3.0.2/Oj.safe_load

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