cve/2019/CVE-2019-17526.md

### [CVE-2019-17526](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17526)
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### Description

** DISPUTED ** 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://sethsec.blogspot.com/2016/11/exploiting-python-code-injection-in-web.html

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.