What is GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq?

GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. OS Command Injection in jw.util

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq cover?

GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-13388. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq?

GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq?

GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq affects 1 product, including: pip/jw.util:\u003c 2.3.

GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qqCriticalCVSS 9.8

OS Command Injection in jw.util

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 2, 2021

Last Modified

March 3, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-13388 →

📋 Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/jw.util:< 2.3

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13388
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2020/04/27/cve-2020-13388-jw-util-vulnerability/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0002/
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h72c-w3q3-55qq