CVE-2017-18342: PyYAML insecurely deserializes YAML strings leading to arbitrary code execution
(updated )
In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rprw-h62v-c2w7
- github.com/marshmallow-code/apispec/issues/278
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyyaml/PYSEC-2018-49.yaml
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGES
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml/commit/7b68405c81db889f83c32846462b238ccae5be80
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/193
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/74
- github.com/yaml/pyyaml/wiki/PyYAML-yaml.load(input)-Deprecation
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JEX7IPV5P2QJITAMA5Z63GQCZA5I6NVZ
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KSQQMRUQSXBSUXLCRD3TSZYQ7SEZRKCE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6JCFGEIEOFMWWIXGHSELMKQDD4CV2BA
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18342
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-45
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