CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-20478

Published: Feb 19, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021

CVSS 3.x

9.8

CRITICAL

Source:

NVD

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

CVSS 2.x

10 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20478
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Ruamel.yaml	Ruamel.yaml_project	*	0.16.7 (including)

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47655

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