Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-27510RCE in the package conda-forge-metadata
Critical 9.3
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in conda-forge-metadata from conda-forge. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)9.3Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
conda-forge-metadata provides programatic access to conda-forge's metadata. conda-forge-metadata uses an optional dependency - "conda-oci-mirror" which was neither present on the PyPi repository nor registered by any entity. If conda-oci-mirror is taken over by a threat actor, it can result in remote code execution.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| conda-forge | conda-forge-metadata | <= 0.4.1 |
Weakness: CWE-829 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N