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Google: dev-python/pyyaml: security update to 17800.218.14

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454441

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In PyYAML before 5.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code if used with untrusted data. The
 load() function has been deprecated in version 5.1 and the 'UnsafeLoader' has been introduced for backward
 compatibility with the function. (CVE-2017-18342)

Solution

Update the dev-python/pyyaml library and its related packages to version 17800.218.14 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-109.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 454441

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18342

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18342