CVE-2020-13388
OS Command Injection in jw.util
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.
How to fix CVE-2020-13388
To remediate CVE-2020-13388, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3 or later
Is CVE-2020-13388 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.3
- from 0, < 2.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |