High severity · published Aug 30, 2022
CVE-2022-25857
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
7.5
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
SN
Snakeyaml · Snakeyaml Project
before 1.31 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25857
Patch
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/commits/fc300780da21f4bb92c148bc90257201220cf174
Exploit
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525
Patch
https://github.com/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/commit/fc300780da21f4bb92c148bc90257201220cf174
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
Exploit
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGYAML-2806360
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