Security advisory

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  "id": "722d94768524bc1ab7c9905da99f2cc5a93b398141aaaebdaff698739f818f6d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000167",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-1000167",
    "summary": "OISF suricata-update version 1.0.0a1 contains an Insecure Deserialization vulnerability in the insecure yaml.load-Function as used in the following files: config.py:136, config.py:142, sources.py:99 and sources.py:131. The \"list-sources\"-command is affected by this bug. that can result in Remote Code Execution(even as root if suricata-update is called by root). This attack appears to be exploitable via a specially crafted yaml-file at https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/rules/index.yaml. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.0.0b1.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000167",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-1000167",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-1000167",
        "GHSA-7c4h-w765-6pwg",
        "PYSEC-2018-75"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/oisf/suricata-update",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "dc1a320daadb1cd2372b8ef3c48eb682e50ebd6a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "dc1a320daadb1cd2372b8ef3c48eb682e50ebd6a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oisf:suricata-update:1.0.0a1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0.0a1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0.0a1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.0.0a1",
            "1.0.0b1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1000167.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.804636171Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2359",
        "https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/remote-code-execution-in-suricata-update"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-1000167",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436189,
  "published_at": "2018-04-18T19:29:00.833+00:00"
}