Is pyyaml safe to use?

pyyaml has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.3). DepScope rates its health at 49/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of pyyaml?

The latest version of pyyaml is 6.0.3, released 2025-09-25.

Does pyyaml have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pyyaml.

Is pyyaml deprecated?

No, pyyaml is actively maintained. Latest release: 6.0.3 (2025-09-25).

What are alternatives to pyyaml?

Popular alternatives to pyyaml in PyPI include: boto3, packaging, urllib3, requests, idna.

pyyaml

pypiv6.0.3

YAML parser and emitter for Python

License MITpermissive40 versions1 maintainers0 deps

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (49/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (49/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.53high

Download trend

stable(+4.6%)

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