Deserialization in Commonwl Cwlviewer

CVE-2021-41110

cwlviewer is a web application to view and share Common Workflow Language workflows. Versions prior to 1.3.1 contain a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability. Commit number f6066f09edb70033a2ce80200e9fa9e70a5c29de (dated 2021-09-30) contains a patch. There are no available workarounds aside from installing the patch. The SnakeYaml constructor, by default, allows any data to be parsed. To fix the issue the object needs to be created with a `SafeConstructor` object, as seen in the patch.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.028 (85.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41110?
CVE-2021-41110 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Commonwl Cwlviewer, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-41110?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.