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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-12565

An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of use of yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load() when parsing user data, remote code execution can occur.

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CVE-2018-12565

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2018, 05:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of use of yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load() when parsing user data, remote code execution can occur.

osv:CVE-2018-12565
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12565",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-12565",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of use of yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load() when parsing user data, remote code execution can occur.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-12565",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      ],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:05.985628270Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4234",
        "https://git.linaro.org/lava/lava.git/commit/?id=583666c84ea2f12797a3eb71392bcb05782f5b14"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440882,
  "published_at": "2018-06-19T05:29:00.59+00:00"
}