{"id":"CVE-2017-16764","details":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the YAML parsing functionality in the read_yaml_file method in io_utils.py in django_make_app 0.1.3. A YAML parser can execute arbitrary Python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert Python into loaded YAML to trigger this vulnerability.","aliases":["GHSA-9pv8-q5rx-c8gq","PYSEC-2017-79"],"modified":"2026-07-08T11:35:38.700634Z","published":"2017-11-10T09:29:00.410Z","references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app/issues/5"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://joel-malwarebenchmark.github.io/blog/2017/11/12/cve-2017-16764-vulnerability-in-django-make-app/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/illagrenan/django-make-app","events":[{"introduced":"76b01406aa4c25426a2c54c9bc9d61db4d603990"},{"last_affected":"76b01406aa4c25426a2c54c9bc9d61db4d603990"}],"database_specific":{"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:django_make_app_project:django_make_app:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0.1.3"},{"last_affected":"0.1.3"}]}}],"versions":["0.1.3","v0.1.3"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16764.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}