Description
A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the library to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new constructor.
Published: 2020-03-24
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0160 A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the library to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new constructor.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6757-jp84-gxfx Improper Input Validation in PyYAML
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Pyyaml Pyyaml
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:46:30.893Z

Reserved: 2019-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1747

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-24T15:15:12.293

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:17.887

Link: CVE-2020-1747

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-1747 - Bugzilla

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