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CVE-2017-18342

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 5.61% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-06-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-18342
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.61%

Original NVD Description

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.