CVE-2020-13388

CRITICAL

jw.util < 2.3 - OS Command Injection via YAML Configuration Loading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0002/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0232
EPSS Percentile 85.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/jw.util 0 - 2.3PyPI
python/jw.util < 2.3
Published May 22, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026