Name: CVE-2022-21797: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-21797, CWE-94, CVSS 7.3, EPSS 0.00236

The package joblib from 0 and before 1.2.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the pre_dispatch flag in Parallel() class due to the eval() statement.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade py3-joblib	Aug 22, 2024	Sep 26, 2022
Debian	—	Upgrade joblib	Nov 18, 2022	Sep 26, 2022
Dell Powerstore Dsa2024225	—	Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version	Oct 23, 2025	May 29, 2024
Dell Powerstore Dsa2024287	—	Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version	Oct 23, 2025	Jul 2, 2024
Dell Powerstore Dsa2024336	—	Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version	Oct 23, 2025	Aug 1, 2024
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py39-joblib	Apr 14, 2023	Apr 9, 2023
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-python/joblib.	Jan 3, 2024	Sep 26, 2022
Suse	—	Upgrade python3-joblib	Nov 24, 2022	Sep 26, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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