What is CVE-2021-3040?

CVE-2021-3040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Bridgecrew Checkov, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-3040?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Deserialization in Palo Alto Networks Bridgecrew Checkov

CVE-2021-3040

An unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Bridgecrew Checkov by Prisma Cloud allows arbitrary code execution when processing a malicious terraform file. This issue impacts Checkov 2.0 versions earlier than Checkov 2.0.139. Checkov 1.0 versions are not impacted.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Palo Alto Networks Bridgecrew Checkov — versions 1.0 all, 2.0
Paloaltonetworks Bridgecrew_checkov

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

psirt@paloaltonetworks.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3040?: CVE-2021-3040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Bridgecrew Checkov, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-3040?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.