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Debian: CVE-2019-20478: ruamel.yaml -- security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 19, 2020
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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