CVE-2017-16763
Critical
Description
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.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability91. percentile4.5%
ProductConfire
PublishedNov 10, 2017
First seenNov 10, 2017
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| confire_project confire | 0.2.0 | — |
| confirePyPI | v ≤ 0.2.0, 0.1.0 ≤ v | — |
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