# CVE-2019-17526: An issue was discovered in SageMath Sage Cell Server through 2019-10-05.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in SageMath Sage Cell Server through 2019-10-05. Python Code Injection can occur in the context of an internet facing web application. Malicious actors can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, as demonstrated by an __import__('os').popen('whoami').read() line. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is "vulnerable by design" and the current behavior will be retained

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## References

- https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master
- https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html
- https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525

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