CVE-2020-13388
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 22, 2020 at 04:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorJw.util
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.iox_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2020/04/27/cve-2020-13388-jw-util-vulnerability/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0002/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78
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