CVE-2020-1747 CRITICAL

CVE-2020-1747

Vendor Red Hat
Product PyYAML
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published March 24, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the PyYAML library in versions before 5.3.1, where it is susceptible to arbitrary code execution when it processes untrusted YAML files through the full_load method or with the FullLoader loader. Applications that use the library to process untrusted input may be vulnerable to this flaw. An attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system by abusing the python/object/new constructor.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 24, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated