Safe-eval Module Vulnerability: Breaking Out of the Sandbox

CVE-2017-16088 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The safe-eval module describes itself as a safer version of eval. By accessing the object constructors, un-sanitized user input can access the entire standard library and effectively break out of the sandbox.

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