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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXJwcnctaDYydi1jMnc3

PyYAML insecurely deserializes YAML strings leading to arbitrary code execution

In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: about 2 months ago


CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7, CVE-2017-18342
References: Repository: https://github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec
Blast Radius: 49.9

Affected Packages

pypi:pyyaml
Dependent packages: 8,566
Dependent repositories: 122,440
Downloads: 375,853,022 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 4.1
Fixed in: 4.1
All affected versions:
All unaffected versions: 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 6.0.1, 6.0.2