CVE-2021-42057: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

November 4, 2021 (updated November 8, 2021)

Obsidian Dataview allows eval injection. The evalInContext function in executes user input, which allows an attacker to craft malicious Markdown files that will execute arbitrary code once opened. NOTE: provides a mitigation for some use cases.

References

github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview/issues/615
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42057

Code Behaviors & Features

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