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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2024-8238 EUVD-2025-6893GHSA-r229-5wgf-f28gPYSEC-2026-1094

Unrestricted Code Execution in aimhubio/aim

Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by @huntr_ai

Description

In version 3.22.0 of aimhubio/aim, the AimQL query language uses an outdated version of the safer_getattr() function from RestrictedPython. This version does not protect against the str.format_map() method, allowing an attacker to leak server-side secrets or potentially gain unrestricted code execution. The vulnerability arises because str.format_map() can read arbitrary attributes of Python objects, enabling attackers to access sensitive variables such as os.environ. If an attacker can write files to a known location on the Aim server, they can use str.format_map() to load a malicious .dll/.so file into the Python interpreter, leading to unrestricted code execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
aimhubio aimhubio/aim unspecified – ≤ latest —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI aim >= 3.0.0, <= 3.22.0 — GHSA-r229-5wgf-f28g

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