CVE-2019-17526
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sagemath | sagemathcell |
References
- https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525
- https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master
- https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html
- https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525
- https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master
- https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html
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