CVE-2021-43811 affects Amazon Sockeye, an open-source Neural Machine Translation framework, due to unsafe YAML loading in versions prior to 2.3.24. This vulnerability allows an attacker to embed arbitrary code within model configuration files. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) to download and run a maliciously crafted model, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) on the local system. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:sockeye:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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