{"cve":"CVE-2017-16764","nvd":{"published":"2017-11-10T09:29:00.410","modified":"2026-06-17T01:09:53.193","status":"Modified","description":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method in io_utils.py in django_make_app 0.1.3. 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":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5","https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/","https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5","https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/"],"products":["django_make_app_project:django_make_app"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:47:01.408438353+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-16764","score":0.0353,"percentile":0.89254,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq","summary":"django_make_app is vulnerable to Code Injection","modified":"2025-02-16T05:29:40.502933Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django-make-app","purl":"pkg:pypi/django-make-app","ranges":["<=0.1.3"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-79","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-79","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:13.610326Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django-make-app","purl":"pkg:pypi/django-make-app","ranges":[">=0.1.0.1"],"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."]}