Vulnerabilities disclosed in SnakeYaml's Constructor 

Issue date: 14-06-2023
Affects versions: 15.2, 15.1, 14.7, 13.4

Security Issue ID

SECURITY-401

 

Affected Product Version(s)

15.1.4, 15.2.2, 14.7.12, 13.4.21 and previous releases.

Severity 

Critical

Description

CVE-2022-1471  (OSSINDEX)  suppress

SnakeYaml's Constructor() class does not restrict types which can be instantiated during deserialization. Deserializing yaml content provided by an attacker can lead to remote code execution. We recommend using SnakeYaml's SafeConsturctor when parsing untrusted content to restrict deserialization.

CVSSv3:

• NIST: NVD
• Base Score: CRITICAL (9.8)
• Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

• CNA:  Google Inc.

• Base Score: 8.3 HIGH

• Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

 

Instructions

Customers are recommended to upgrade to the latest version. As of the time of writing, 15.2.3, 14.7.14, 13.4.23.