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CVE-2017-16615 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://github.com/thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mlalchemy project mlalchemy	0.1.1 0.1.2 0.1.3 0.2.0 0.2.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.2.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]