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TI-2017-12323 Aliases CVE-2017-16763GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in…

Priority MEDIUM 49Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in config.py in Confire 0.2.0. Due to the user-specific configuration being loaded from "~/.confire.yaml" using the yaml.load function, a YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04473 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—confire (PyPI)up to 0.2.0—No fix listedGHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • confire (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 0.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:confire_project:confire:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.0VulnerableConfire Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:confire_project:confire:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.0 Vulnerable ·Confire Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-16763
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m85c-9mf8-m2m6

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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