{"cve":"CVE-2017-16763","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-10T09:29:00.363","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:53.080","status":"Modified","description":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from \"~/.confire.yaml\" using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. 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/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861597ea","https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24","https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16763-configure-loaded-through-confire/","https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/commit/8cc86a5ec2327e070f1d576d61bbaadf861597ea","https://github.com/bbengfort/confire/issues/24"],"products":["confire_project:confire"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16763","score":0.04473,"percentile":0.91455,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6","summary":"Unsafe deserialization in confire","modified":"2025-02-15T05:30:25.681979Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"confire","purl":"pkg:pypi/confire","ranges":["<=0.2.0"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-78","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-78","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:13.549390Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"confire","purl":"pkg:pypi/confire","ranges":[">=0.1.0"],"fixed":[]}]}],"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."]}