CVE-2021-24040

Published Sep 10, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 17.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Due to use of unsafe YAML deserialization logic, an attacker with the ability to modify local YAML configuration files could provide malicious input, resulting in remote code execution or similar risks. This issue affects ParlAI prior to v1.1.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0165 parlai is a framework for training and evaluating AI models on a variety of openly available dialogue datasets. In affected versions the package is vulnerable to YAML deserialization attack caused by unsafe loading which leads to Arbitary code execution. This security bug is patched by avoiding unsafe loader users should update to version above v1.1.0. If upgrading is not possible then users can change the Loader used to SafeLoader as a workaround. See commit 507d066ef432ea27d3e201da08009872a2f37725 for details.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mwgj-7x7j-6966 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in ParlAI
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
facebook
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 7:21 PM
Reserved
Jan 13, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 10, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:39 AM