THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-16088
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-16088

Safe Eval vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.
Affected vendor
Safe Eval Project
Affected product
Safe Eval
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-06-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-16088

  • Confirm whether Safe Eval Project Safe Eval is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-16088.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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