#VU85113 Code Injection in pydash - CVE-2023-26145

Vulnerability identifier: #VU85113

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26145

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
pydash
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: dgilland (Derrick Gilland)

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to pydash.objects.invoke() and pydash.collections.invoke_map() accept dotted paths (Deep Path Strings) to target a nested Python object, relative to the original source object. A remote attacker can use these paths to target internal class attributes and dict items, to retrieve, modify or invoke nested Python objects.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

pydash: before 6.0.0

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External links
https://github.com/dgilland/pydash/commit/6ff0831ad285fff937cafd2a853f20cc9ae92021
https://gist.github.com/CalumHutton/45d33e9ea55bf4953b3b31c84703dfca
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYDASH-5916518

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.