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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2017-16764 json

django_make_app is vulnerable to Code Injection

published 2017-11-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq , PYSEC-2017-79 , EUVD-2017-0023

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

3.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django-make-app
<=0.1.3
>=0.1.0.1
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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