jcvi vulnerable to Configuration Injection due to unsanitized user input
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
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tanghaibao | jcvi | up to 1.3.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | jcvi (PyPI) | up to 1.3.5 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-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
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:jcvi_project:jcvi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.3.5 | Vulnerable | Jcvi 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
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-35932
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-35932 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-35932 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x49m-3cw7-gq5q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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