CVE-2017-16616: Unsafe pyyaml load usage in PyAnyAPI
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An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the YAMLParser method in Interfaces.py in PyAnyAPI before 0.6.1. 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/Stranger6667/pyanyapi
- github.com/Stranger6667/pyanyapi/commit/810db626c18ebc261d5f4299d0f0eac38d5eb3cf
- github.com/Stranger6667/pyanyapi/issues/41
- github.com/Stranger6667/pyanyapi/releases/tag/0.6.1
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vg8g-jpm9-jh8r
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyanyapi/PYSEC-2017-23.yaml
- joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16616-yamlparser-in-pyanyapi
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16616
- pypi.python.org/pypi/pyanyapi/0.6.1
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