CVE-2026-67195

8.8 HIGH

Published 2026-08-04 · Updated 2026-08-04

AI risk analysis

Summary: The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by submitting crafted expression strings, posing a significant security risk.
Exploitability: Exploitation is relatively easy given that no authentication is required and Python's eval() function is used with limited protections.
Blast radius: If exploited, this could lead to full compromise of the Perspective host system, including data theft or destruction.
Prioritized remediation: Update to a patched version of Perspective as soon as possible or disable potentially vulnerable features.

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Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.

NVD description

Perspective 5.0.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands by submitting crafted expression strings to the PolarsVirtualServer backend, which passes client-supplied input directly to Python's eval() with only __builtins__={} cleared. Attackers can exploit Python object attribute traversal through the interpreter's loaded class list to reach subprocess.Popen via a TableValidateExprReq or TableMakeViewReq protobuf message, achieving arbitrary command execution in the Perspective host process.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-95

All references

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