Is pyyaml safe to use?

pyyaml has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (6.0.3). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pyyaml?

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

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of pyyaml.

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

Popular alternatives to pyyaml in PyPI include: six, annotated_types, python_dotenv, yarl, uvicorn.

pypiv6.0.3

YAML parser and emitter for Python

License MITpermissive40 versions1 maintainers0 deps207,643,035 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (69/100) — consider alternatives

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

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