CVE-2017-16615

Description

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.

How to fix CVE-2017-16615

To remediate CVE-2017-16615, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 0.2.2 or later
• —upgrade to bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c or later

Is CVE-2017-16615 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 0.2.2
• from 0, < bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c | from 0, < 0.2.2

CVSS scores

References (8)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-xpm8-98mx-h4c5
• ADVISORYjoel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16615
• PATCHgithub.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy