CVE-2017-18342 – pyyaml

Package

Manager: pip
Name: pyyaml
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <4.1

Severity

Level: Critical

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.05055 pctl0.89363

Details

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.

Metadata

Created: 2019-01-04T17:45:26Z
Modified: 2024-10-16T20:51:25Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/01/GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7/GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-502"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7
Finding: F096
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