CVE-2017-16763PYSEC-2017-78GHSA-M85C-9MF8-M2M6
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0.
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- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from "~/.confire.yaml" using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
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Version range not reported
- confirePyPI
From 0.1.0
- confirePyPI
through 0.2.0