Arbitrary command execution in Gerapy
Priority HIGH 73CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Gerapy is a distributed crawler management framework. Prior to version 0.9.9, an authenticated user could execute arbitrary commands. This issue is fixed in version 0.9.9. There are no known workarounds.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0765 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed gerapy (Gerapy): 0.9.9gerapy (PyPI): 0.9.9
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerapy | gerapy | 0.9.9 to before 0.9.9 | 0.9.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | gerapy (PyPI) | before 0.9.9 | 0.9.9 | Patch available | GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j |
- gerapy VendorGerapy Affected 0.9.9 to before 0.9.9 Fixed in 0.9.9 Patch available CNA
- gerapy (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.9 Fixed in 0.9.9 Patch available GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gerapy (Gerapy) Fixed in 0.9.9
- Fix · GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j gerapy (PyPI) Fixed in 0.9.9 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32849
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j
References
Exploit 3
Advisory 4
More Gerapy vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19663 Gerapy may contain remote code execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-06218 Command injection in Gerapy CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-32849 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-32849 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-756h-r2c9-qp5j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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