CVE-2017-16764: django_make_app is vulnerable to Code Injection
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An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method in io_utils.py in django_make_app 0.1.3. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq
- github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app
- github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/commit/acd814433d1021aa8783362521b0bd151fdfc9d2
- github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django-make-app/PYSEC-2017-79.yaml
- joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16764
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