{"cve":"CVE-2019-17526","nvd":{"published":"2019-10-18T17:15:10.517","modified":"2026-06-17T02:24:04.157","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in SageMath Sage Cell Server through 2019-10-05. Python Code Injection can occur in the context of an internet facing web application. Malicious actors can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, as demonstrated by an __import__('os').popen('whoami').read() line. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is \"vulnerable by design\" and the current behavior will be retained","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":["CWE-78","CWE-94"],"references":["https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525","https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master","https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html","https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525","https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master"],"products":["sagemath:sagemathcell"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:10.855360465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-17526","score":0.02999,"percentile":0.87359,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"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."]}