CVE-2022-25857 (High) detected in snakeyaml-1.26.jar

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CVE-2022-25857 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - snakeyaml-1.26.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: http://www.snakeyaml.org

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.26/a78a8747147d2c5807683e76ec2b633e95c14fe9/snakeyaml-1.26.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • opensearch-x-content-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • ❌ snakeyaml-1.26.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 37a931972fc0a6ed0119a626ead37d0a76942954

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2022-08-30

URL: CVE-2022-25857

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25857

Release Date: 2022-08-30

Fix Resolution: org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.31