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pyyaml — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of pyyaml on PyPI: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/13/2026
Approvedpyyaml@6.0.3View on registry ↗latest: 6.0.3

No malicious behavior detected in pyyaml@6.0.3.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

YAML parser and emitter for Python

Capabilities

  • Contains obfuscated/encoded code

Data access

  • None observed in static analysis

Network

  • No network access observed

Static analysis raised 10 finding(s). Review the details below before installing.

Security findings (10)

Static analysis rule matches, with the exact code that triggered them.

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023lib/yaml/emitter.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in lib/yaml/emitter.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/emitter.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/emitter.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023lib/yaml/error.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in lib/yaml/error.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/error.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/error.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023lib/yaml/reader.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in lib/yaml/reader.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/reader.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/reader.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023lib/yaml/scanner.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in lib/yaml/scanner.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/scanner.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in pyyaml-6.0.3/lib/yaml/scanner.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023tests/legacy_tests/canonical.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in tests/legacy_tests/canonical.py

mediumObfuscated source fileATK-023pyyaml-6.0.3/tests/legacy_tests/canonical.py

Multiple obfuscation patterns in pyyaml-6.0.3/tests/legacy_tests/canonical.py

Package metadata

LicenseMIT

YAML parser and emitter for Python

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Files in package (500)

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