CVE-2016-4972 is a critical vulnerability affecting OpenStack Murano, Murano-dashboard, and python-muranoclient across Liberty and Mitaka releases. The flaw stems from improper use of YAML loaders when parsing MuranoPL and UI files, enabling remote attackers to create arbitrary Python objects and execute arbitrary code through crafted extended YAML tags in package UI definitions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with no authentication or user interaction required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:mitaka-murano:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:murano:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:murano-dashboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:python-muranoclient:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.