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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20477

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20477 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14pyyaml0, 0, 0
Debian:11pyyaml0, 0, 0
Debian:13pyyaml0, 0, 0
Debian:12pyyaml0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Feb 19, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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