RCE in Egg Egg-Scripts

CVE-2018-3786

A command injection vulnerability in egg-scripts <v2.8.1 allows arbitrary shell command execution through a maliciously crafted command line argument.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.123 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3786?
CVE-2018-3786 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Egg Egg-Scripts, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-3786?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3786 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.