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Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting pytest-devpi-server package, versions [,1.1.0)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PYTESTDEVPISERVER-40159
  • published 15 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 16 Feb 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 16 Feb 2016

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Overview

pytest-devpi-server is session-scoped by default and run in a subprocess and temp dir to cleanup when it's done.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution attacks. It would run subprocess with shell=True, allowing an attacker to insert shell commands in the function.

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