CVE-2017-16616 Unsafe pyyaml load usage in PyAnyAPI
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the YAMLParser method in Interfaces.py in PyAnyAPI before 0.6.1. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | < 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.4 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.1 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.2 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.3 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.4 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.5 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.6 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.7 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.5.8 | No fix listed |
| pypi pyanyapi(PyPI) | = 0.6.0 | No fix listed |
| pyanyapi project pyanyapi | < 0.6.1 | 0.6.1 |
References
- nvd.nist.gov third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- github.com issue-tracking
- github.com patch
- github.com product
- github.com release-notes
- github.com vendor-advisory
- github.com
- joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io technical-description third-party-advisory
- pypi.python.org product