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critical 9.0

CVE-2013-5093 in the critical feed json

graphite-web is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via renderLocalView function

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-m923-w2gj-v43g , PYSEC-2013-3 , EUVD-2013-0011

cvss
9.0
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
38.8%
EPSS 38.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

The renderLocalView function in render/views.py in graphite-web in Graphite 0.9.5 through 0.9.10 uses the pickle Python module unsafely, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized object.

Patch / fix

  • pypi graphite-web 0.9.11
  • graphite-web Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.12+debian-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-5093

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-5093 updated cvss 6.8

graphite-web: remote code execution flaw due to pickle processing

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/graphite_pickle_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

38.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/graphite_pickle_exec Graphite Web Unsafe Pickle Handling metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2013-08-20
  • EDB-27752 Graphite Web - Unsafe Pickle Handling (Metasploit) remote, 2013-08-21
  • github.com https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/blob/master/docs/releases/0_9_11.rst referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • ceriksen.com http://ceriksen.com/2013/08/20/graphite-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61894 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi graphite-web
>=0.9.5, <0.9.11
0.9.11

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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