{"cve":"CVE-2017-16618","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-08T03:29:00.277","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:34.710","status":"Modified","description":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A \"Load YAML\" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e","https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12","https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16618-convert-through-owlmixin/","https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/commit/5d0575303f6df869a515ced4285f24ba721e0d4e","https://github.com/tadashi-aikawa/owlmixin/issues/12"],"products":["owlmixin_project:owlmixin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16618","score":0.04473,"percentile":0.91455,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-ccmq-qvcp-5mrm","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-ccmq-qvcp-5mrm","summary":"Unsafe deserialization in owlmixin","modified":"2024-10-07T21:25:43.524284Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"owlmixin","purl":"pkg:pypi/owlmixin","ranges":["<2.0.0"],"fixed":["2.0.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-22","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-22","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:13.183583Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"owlmixin","purl":"pkg:pypi/owlmixin","ranges":["<2.0.0"],"fixed":["2.0.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}