{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.0.0a1"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "dc1a320daadb1cd2372b8ef3c48eb682e50ebd6a"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/oisf/suricata-update",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2018-1000167",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:51:25.002310138Z",
  "published": "2018-04-18T19:29:00.833Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2359"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://tech.feedyourhead.at/content/remote-code-execution-in-suricata-update"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}