CVE-2017-16618: Unsafe deserialization in owlmixin
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An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A “Load YAML” string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) 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-ccmq-qvcp-5mrm
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/owlmixin/PYSEC-2017-22.yaml
- github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin
- github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e
- github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12
- joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16618
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