# CVE-2022-41875: Remote Code Execution in Optica

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code on systems using the Optica library via crafted JSON payloads due to unsafe deserialization.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cf87-4h6x-phh6

## What is CVE-2022-41875?

CVE-2022-41875 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in airbnb optica, published on 23 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Optica allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted JSON payloads. Specially crafted JSON payloads may lead to RCE (remote code execution) on the attacked system running Optica. The vulnerability was patched in v. 0.10.2, where the call to the function `oj.load` was changed to `oj.safe_load`.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41875?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Airbnb Optica.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41875?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41875 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41875 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41875 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in airbnb optica, published on 23 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41875 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: airbnb optica. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41875/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41875
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41875
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41875

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41875/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.