{"id":"CVE-2021-32807","aliases":["GHSA-qcx9-j53g-ccgf","PYSEC-2021-335","PYSEC-2021-875"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32807","summary":"Remote Code Execution via unsafe classes in otherwise permitted modules","details":"The module `AccessControl` defines security policies for Python code used in restricted code within Zope applications. Restricted code is any code that resides in Zope's object database, such as the contents of `Script (Python)` objects. The policies defined in `AccessControl` severely restrict access to Python modules and only exempt a few that are deemed safe, such as Python's `string` module. However, full access to the `string` module also allows access to the class `Formatter`, which can be overridden and extended within `Script (Python)` in a way that provides access to other unsafe Python libraries. Those unsafe Python libraries can be used for remote code execution. By default, you need to have the admin-level Zope \"Manager\" role to add or edit `Script (Python)` objects through the web. Only sites that allow untrusted users to add/edit these scripts through the web - which would be a very unusual configuration to begin with - are at risk. The problem has been fixed in AccessControl 4.3 and 5.2. Only AccessControl versions 4 and 5 are vulnerable, and only on Python 3, not Python 2.7. As a workaround, a site administrator can restrict adding/editing `Script (Python)` objects through the web using the standard Zope user/role permission mechanisms. Untrusted users should not be assigned the Zope Manager role and adding/editing these scripts through the web should be restricted to trusted users only. This is the default configuration in Zope.","published":"2021-07-30T22:15:07.967Z","modified":"2026-07-09T16:56:14.762787976Z","cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"accesscontrol","fixedVersion":"4.3"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"accesscontrol","fixedVersion":"5.2"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"zope","fixedVersion":"4.3"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"zope","fixedVersion":"5.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/AccessControl/commit/b42dd4badf803bb9fb71ac34cd9cb0c249262f2c","label":"zopefoundation/AccessControl@b42dd4b"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/AccessControl/blob/master/CHANGES.rst#51-2021-07-30"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/AccessControl/security/advisories/GHSA-qcx9-j53g-ccgf"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/zopefoundation/AccessControl/commit/b42dd4badf803bb9fb71ac34cd9cb0c249262f2c"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-09T16:56:14.762787976Z"}}