Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vantage6 package, versions [,4.2.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-VANTAGE6-6210159
  • published 31 Jan 2024
  • disclosed 30 Jan 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade vantage6 to version 4.2.0 or higher.

Overview

vantage6 is a vantage6 command line interface

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to improper handling of algorithm environment variables. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious input into these variables.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high