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Critical
CVE-2019-20477
PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load...
Vulnerability Description
PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load and load_all functions because of a class deserialization issue, e.g., Popen is a class in the subprocess module. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-18342.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGES
- https://www.exploit-db.com/download/47655
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52N5XS73Z5S4ZN7I7R56ICCPCTKCUV4H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33VBUY73AA6CTTYL3LRWHNFDULV7PFPN/
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Affected Vendor
pyyaml
View all reports →Affected Software
pyyaml, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1, 30, 31
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 19th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.