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Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2022 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2022-25857Denial of Service (DoS)

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in org.yaml:snakeyaml. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 12.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The package org.yaml:snakeyaml from 0 and before 1.31 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due missing to nested depth limitation for collections.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8prometheus-jmx-exporter0.12.0-8.el8_6ALSA-2022:6820
AlmaLinux:8prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk110.12.0-8.el8_6ALSA-2022:6820
Debian:12snakeyaml1.31-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25857
Debian:13snakeyaml1.31-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25857
Debian:14snakeyaml1.31-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25857
Mavenorg.yaml:snakeyaml1.31GHSA-3mc7-4q67-w48m
Rocky Linux:8prometheus-jmx-exporter0:0.12.0-8.el8_6RLSA-2022:6820
Rocky Linux:8prometheus-jmx-exporter0:0.12.0-8.el8RLSA-2022:6820
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsnakeyaml1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5944-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsnakeyaml1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25857

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a org.yaml:snakeyaml 0 – before unspecifiedunspecified – before 1.31

References