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CVE-2017-16618

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.47% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2017-16618
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.47%

Original Filing — NVD Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML loading functionality of util.py in OwlMixin before 2.0.0a12. A "Load YAML" string or file (aka load_yaml or load_yamlf) can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution because load is used where safe_load should have been used. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.