vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2017-18342: PyYAML: yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 27, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

In PyYAML before 5.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code if used with untrusted data. The load() function has been deprecated in version 5.1 and the 'UnsafeLoader' has been introduced for backward compatibility with the function.

Solution

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