Description
An issue was discovered in localstack 4.9.2 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted content hosted on a web-accessable URL and when passed said URL in the the templateURL to the _localstack/cloudformation/deploy endpoint, the hosted content can get executed in the context of the docker container.
References4
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.6
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 46 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-79
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