CVE-2017-16763

Published Nov 10, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0019 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6 Unsafe deserialization in confire
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:35 PM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 10, 2017, 9:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:09 AM