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 the subprocess module. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-18342.

• CWE-502

• https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33VBUY73AA6CTTYL3LRWHNFDULV7PFPN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52N5XS73Z5S4ZN7I7R56ICCPCTKCUV4H/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/download/47655Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/blob/master/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33VBUY73AA6CTTYL3LRWHNFDULV7PFPN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/52N5XS73Z5S4ZN7I7R56ICCPCTKCUV4H/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/download/47655Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 19, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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