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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Configurations
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History
16 Sep 2026, 17:17
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| References | () https://github.com/lmfit/asteval/security/advisories/GHSA-89v8-rhwq-hf77 - |
Information
Published : 2026-09-14 20:16
Updated : 2026-09-16 17:17
NVD link : CVE-2026-55244
Mitre link : CVE-2026-55244
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55244
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Products Affected
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CWE
CWE-248
Uncaught Exception
