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CVE-2018-12565

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12565 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Linaro LAVA versions prior to 2018.5.post1, as well as Debian LAVA. The flaw stems from the insecure use of yaml.load() instead of yaml.safe_load() when processing user-supplied data. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit intelligence, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2018.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linaro:lava:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

git.linaro.org / lava/lava.git/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4234
Third Party Advisory