CVE-2019-17526

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