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High 8.8Published May 13, 2022

CVE-2021-42969Certain Anaconda3 2021.05 are affected by OS command injection.

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Certain Anaconda3 2021.05 are affected by OS command injection. When a user installs Anaconda, an attacker can create a new file and write something in usercustomize.py. When the user opens the terminal or activates Anaconda, the command will be executed.

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CVSS
8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Not given
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
anaconda anaconda3
anaconda:anaconda3
2021.05
NVD

References

References

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