CVE-2017-16615: Unsafe deserialization in MLAlchemy
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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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xpm8-98mx-h4c5
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mlalchemy/PYSEC-2017-19.yaml
- github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy
- github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c
- github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
- joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16615
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