In PyYAML before 4.1, the yaml.load() API could execute arbitrary code. In other words, yaml.safe_load is not used.
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"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": null,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:55:26Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-502"
]
}