CVE-2017-16615

moderate-risk
Published 2017-11-08

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the parse_yaml_query method in parser.py in MLAlchemy before 0.2.2. When processing YAML-Based queries for data, 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.

Do I need to act?

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0.90% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (5)

Mlalchemy
Mlalchemy
Mlalchemy
Mlalchemy
Mlalchemy

Affected Vendors

Mlalchemy Project

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c3...
Issue Tracking https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
Third Party Advisory https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-...
Issue Tracking https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c3...
Issue Tracking https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
Third Party Advisory https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-...
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low