cve/2021/CVE-2021-42771.md

### [CVE-2021-42771](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-42771)
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### Description

Babel.Locale in Babel before 2.9.1 allows attackers to load arbitrary locale .dat files (containing serialized Python objects) via directory traversal, leading to code execution.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-14

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/HotDB-Community/HotDB-Engine