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ASTEVAL: Sandbox Escape via BaseException Subclasses

CVSS 3.1 5.0 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-55244

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ASTEVAL is an evaluator of Python expressions and statements. Prior to 1.0.9, FROM_PY in asteval/astutils.py exposes BaseException, SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt, and GeneratorExit to expressions evaluated by asteval.Interpreter.eval(), while run() and eval() in asteval/asteval.py catch Exception rather than these non-Exception BaseException subclasses. When an attacker-controlled expression raises one of these classes, on_raise() passes the class to raise_exception(), and the resulting exception bypasses the interpreter's safety handlers and propagates into the calling application. A consuming service that evaluates untrusted expressions can therefore be terminated or have signal and cleanup handling disrupted, causing denial of service. The separately documented read-only open() capability is not part of this vulnerability. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.9.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-55244

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asteval

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{
                    "vendor": "lmfit",
                    "product": "asteval",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "< 1.0.9",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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