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.
Published: 2017-11-10
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
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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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Confire Project Confire
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:20.965Z

Reserved: 2017-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16763

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-10T09:29:00.363

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16763

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