CVE-2017-16616
Unsafe pyyaml load usage in PyAnyAPI
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-16616
To remediate CVE-2017-16616, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.6.1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.6.1 or later
Is CVE-2017-16616 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.6.1
- from 0, < 0.6.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |