Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-13043

critical

CVE-2018-13043

scripts/grep-excuses.pl in Debian devscripts through 2.18.3 allows cod ...

Published Modified CWE 94
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

scripts/grep-excuses.pl in Debian devscripts through 2.18.3 allows code execution through unsafe YAML loading because YAML::Syck is used without a configuration that prevents unintended blessing.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11devscripts2.18.4
debian 12devscripts2.18.4
debian 13devscripts2.18.4
debian 14devscripts2.18.4
echodevscripts2.18.4
ubuntu 17.10devscripts2.17.9ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04devscripts2.17.12ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 18.04-ESMdevscripts2.17.12ubuntu1.1

References

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