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CVE-2019-20477

PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load and load_all functions because of a class deserialization issue, e.g., Popen is a class in t…

Impact

PyYAML 5.1 through 5.1.2 has insufficient restrictions on the load and load_all functions because of a class deserialization issue, e.g., Popen is a class in the subprocess module. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-18342.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
PyyamlPyyaml
from 5.1 through 5.1.2
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 30, 31

Weakness classification

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