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GHSA-hrf3-622q-8366

GitHub Security Advisory

Unsafe yaml deserialization in NVFlare

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
NVFLARE contains a vulnerability in its utils module, where YAML files are loaded via yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load(). The deserialization of Untrusted Data, may allow an unprivileged network attacker to cause Remote Code Execution, Denial Of Service, and Impact to both Confidentiality and Integrity.

All versions before 2.1.2 are affected.
CVSS Score = 9.8
[AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnvd.nist.gov%2Fvuln-metrics%2Fcvss%2Fv3-calculator%3Fvector%3DAV%3AN%2FAC%3AL%2FPR%3AN%2FUI%3AN%2FS%3AU%2FC%3AH%2FI%3AH%2FA%3AH&data=05%7C01%7Cchesterc%40nvidia.com%7Ce9600bde16854b0b380008da4fc544f7%7C43083d15727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C637910005925574215%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5kBrXEmAbqp8R31JCH%2FG95MUly72UPVihnBwiRFmvBY%3D&reserved=0)

### Patches

The patch will be included in nvflare==2.1.2

### Workarounds
Change yaml.load() to yaml.safe_load()

### Additional information
Issue Found by: Oliver Sellwood (@Nintorac)

Affected Packages

PyPI nvflare
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.1.2)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-hrf3-622q-8366
Published
June 22, 2022 9:22 PM
Last Modified
June 22, 2022 9:22 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
PyPI
Primary Package
nvflare
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: August 24, 2025 6:28 AM

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