CVE-2017-16764

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1780%

EPSS Percentile30.95th

PublishedNov 10, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Django Make App Project

Django Make App

= 0.1.3

References & Advisories

🔗 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/