CVE-2019-17526

An issue was discovered in SageMath Sage Cell Server through 2019-10-05. Python Code Injection can occur in the context of an internet facing web application. Malicious actors can execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, as demonstrated by an __import__('os').popen('whoami').read() line. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the product is "vulnerable by design" and the current behavior will be retained

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Published

2019-10-18

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html
• https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525

Security advisories

• sagemath/sagecell/commits/master

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry