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CVE-2017-16763
CRITICAL
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.
Published: Nov 10, 2017
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| confire_project | confire | 0.2.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6
Unsafe deserialization in confire
pip
confire
<= 0.2.0
References (6)
- https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861597ea Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16763-configure-loaded-through-confire/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861597ea Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16763-configure-loaded-through-confire/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
4.47%
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.5 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub