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TI-2023-17994 Aliases CVE-2023-35932GHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q

jcvi vulnerable to Configuration Injection due to unsanitized user input

Priority HIGH 73CWE-77Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

jcvi is a Python library to facilitate genome assembly, annotation, and comparative genomics. A configuration injection happens when user input is considered by the application in an unsanitized format and can reach the configuration file. A malicious user may craft a special payload that may lead to a command injection. The impact of a configuration injection may vary. Under some conditions, it may lead to command injection if there is for instance shell code execution from the configuration file values. This vulnerability does not currently have a fix.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01788 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
tanghaibaojcviup to 1.3.5—No fix listedCNA
—jcvi (PyPI)up to 1.3.5—No fix listedGHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q
  • jcvi Vendortanghaibao Affected up to 1.3.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • jcvi (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 1.3.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jcvi_project:jcvi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.3.5VulnerableJcvi Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:jcvi_project:jcvi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.3.5 Vulnerable ·Jcvi Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-35932
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q

References

Sources