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CVE-2017-16764

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.53% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

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

Detected Signals
exploit
GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2017-16764
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.53%

Original NVD 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.