CVE-2019-17526

critical

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

References

https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html

https://github.com/sagemath/sagecell/commits/master

https://gist.github.com/barrett092/0380a1c34c014e29b827d1f408381525

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-18

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00638