Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from "~/.confire.yaml" using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-0019 | An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from \"~/.confire.yaml\" using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6 | Unsafe deserialization in confire |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:20.965Z
Reserved: 2017-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-16763
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-11-10T09:29:00.363
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-16763
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA