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PyPi: Ruamel-Yaml

CVE-2019-20478

Safety vulnerability ID: 70598

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Created at Feb 19, 2020 Updated at Apr 30, 2024
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Advisory

In ruamel.yaml through 0.16.7, the load method allows remote code execution if the application calls this method with an untrusted argument. In other words, this issue affects developers who are unaware of the need to use methods such as safe_load in these use cases.

Affected package

ruamel-yaml

Latest version: 0.15.37

ruamel.yaml is a YAML parser/emitter that supports roundtrip preservation of comments, seq/map flow style, and map key order

Affected versions

Fixed versions

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.8
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

HIGH 10.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact (I)
COMPLETE
Availability Impact (A)
COMPLETE