Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3040
CVE-2021-3040
Description
An unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Bridgecrew Checkov by Prisma Cloud allows arbitrary code execution when processing a malicious terraform file. This issue impacts Checkov 2.0 versions earlier than Checkov 2.0.139. Checkov 1.0 versions are not impacted.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:bridgecrew_checkov:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:paloaltonetworks:bridgecrew_checkov:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0.0,<2.0.139
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.139
- (no CPE)range: 2.0
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References
1- security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3040nvdVendor Advisory
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