Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the parse_yaml_query method in parser.py in MLAlchemy before 0.2.2. When processing YAML-Based queries for data, 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 (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0341
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (6)
mlalchemy_project/mlalchemy
0.1.1
mlalchemy_project/mlalchemy
0.1.2
mlalchemy_project/mlalchemy
0.1.3
mlalchemy_project/mlalchemy
0.2.0
mlalchemy_project/mlalchemy
0.2.1
pypi/MLAlchemy
0 - 0.2.2PyPI
Published
Nov 08, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026