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PYSEC-2020-96

PYSEC-2020-96 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
PyPIpyyaml5.1, 5.1, 5.1.1

Timeline

  • Mar 24, 2020 CVE Published
  • May 4, 2026 CVE Updated
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