VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-13388

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-05-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the configuration-loading functionality of the jw.util package before 2.3 for Python. When loading a configuration with FromString or FromStream with YAML, one can execute arbitrary Python code, resulting in OS command execution, because safe_load is not used.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references