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CVE-2017-18342

Description

In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
4.47

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-18342 are fixed in Python-pyyaml 4.1Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-18342 are fixed in Python-pyyaml for linux 4.1Linux
Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability (CVE-2017-18342)NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234