Description
Authenticated remote code execution in MotionEye <= 0.42.1 and MotioneEyeOS <= 20200606 allows a remote attacker to upload a configuration backup file containing a malicious python pickle file which will execute arbitrary code on the server.
Public exploits
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pizza-power/motioneye-authenticated-RCE ★ 1 · Oct 22, 2021
A Python 3 script that uploads a tasks.pickle file that enables RCE in MotionEye. CVE-2021-44255
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | motioneye | <= 0.42.1 | — | GHSA-m2c7-42rf-c62f |