ALPINE-CVE-2021-42771

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CVE-2021-42771
Published: 20 Oct 2021, 21:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 Oct 2021, 21:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•py3-babel

    < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0 | < 2.9.1-r0

References (1)