What is CVE-2021-32692?

CVE-2021-32692 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Activitywatch Activity Watch, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2022-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-32692?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

RCE in Activitywatch Activity Watch

CVE-2021-32692

Activity Watch is a free and open-source automated time tracker. Versions prior to 0.11.0 allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on any macOS machine with ActivityWatch running. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability by having the user visiting a website with the page title set to a malicious string. An attacker could use another application to accomplish the same, but the web browser is the most likely attack vector. This issue is patched in version 0.11.0. As a workaround, users can run the latest version of aw-watcher-window from source, or manually patch the `printAppTitle.scpt` file.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Activitywatch Activity Watch — versions 0.11.0
Activitywatch
Apple Macos

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32692?: CVE-2021-32692 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Activitywatch Activity Watch, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2022-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-32692?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.