CVE-2021-21018: Magento OS Command Injection

critical Affects magento/community-edition. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2022-05-24; advisory modified 2024-02-16.

Magento OS Command Injection

Package: magento/community-edition Composer
Affected versions: <2.3.6 or >=2.4.0 and <2.4.1-p1
Fixed in: 2.3.6, 2.4.1-p1
Severity: critical CVSS 9.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 4% (90.5th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-24
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-78

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