CVE-2021-4326

Imperative Local Command Injection allows Activity Masking

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Published Feb 22, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A vulnerability in Imperative framework which allows already-privileged local actors to execute arbitrary shell commands via plugin install/update commands, or maliciously formed environment variables. Impacts Zowe CLI.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Open Mainframe Project

Zowe

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.16.0`	affected	< 1.28.2
`2.0.0`	affected	< 2.5.0

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:zowe::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:zowe::::::::

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in Zowe 1.28.2 or later, and Zowe 2.5.0 or later.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0909	A vulnerability in Imperative framework which allows already-privileged local actors to execute arbitrary shell commands via plugin install/update commands, or maliciously formed environment variables. Impacts Zowe CLI.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6q8m-42qq-64r7	Imperative CLI vulnerable to Command Injection

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.255% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/zowe/imperative/

History

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Subscriptions

Linuxfoundation Zowe

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 5:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Zowe
Published: Feb 22, 2023, 3:21 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 5:23 PM
Reserved: Feb 22, 2023, 3:14 PM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 1, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:19 AM

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