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CVE-2017-16615

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16615 is a critical vulnerability in MLAlchemy before version 0.2.2, specifically within the parse_yaml_query method. It allows for arbitrary Python command execution due to the use of 'load' instead of 'safe_load' when processing YAML-based queries. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, its high severity and ease of exploitation make it a significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mlalchemy_project:mlalchemy:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0345 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: MLAlchemyFixed in: 0.2.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-xpm8-98mx-h4c5critical

Unsafe deserialization in MLAlchemy

Jul 13, 2018

References

github.com / thanethomson/MLAlchemy/commit/bc795757febdcce430d89f9d08f75c32d6989d3c
Issue Tracking
github.com / thanethomson/MLAlchemy/issues/1
Issue Tracking
joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io / blog/2017/11/08/cve-2017-16615-critical-restful-web-applications-vulnerability
Third Party Advisory