CVE-2023-41334

HIGH

astropy < 5.3.3 - Remote Code Execution via TransformGraph().to_dot_graph savelayout Argument

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Astropy is a project for astronomy in Python that fosters interoperability between Python astronomy packages. Version 5.3.2 of the Astropy core package is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper input validation in the `TranformGraph().to_dot_graph` function. A malicious user can provide a command or a script file as a value to the `savelayout` argument, which will be placed as the first value in a list of arguments passed to `subprocess.Popen`. Although an error will be raised, the command or script will be executed successfully. Version 5.3.3 fixes this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 86.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (2)
astropy/astropy 5.3.2
pypi/astropy 0 - 5.3.3PyPI
Published Mar 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026