title: Command Injection
description: The package cookiecutter before 2.1.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection via hg argument injection. When calling the cookiecutter function from Python code with the checkout parameter, it is passed to the hg checkout command in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.
problem types: Command Injection
affected:
{
product: cookiecutter
vendor: n/a
versions:
lessThan: 2.1.1, status: affected, version: unspecified, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.1
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
exploitCodeMaturity: PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
remediationLevel: NOT_DEFINED
reportConfidence: NOT_DEFINED
scope: UNCHANGED
temporalScore: 7.7
temporalSeverity: HIGH
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
version: 3.1
]