Snakeyaml
CVE-2022-25857
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A02:2025 - Security Misconfiguration
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration XML entity recursion limits
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-776. 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 products include: Snakeyaml Project Snakeyaml, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 1.31.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
SnakeYaml's Constructor() class does not restrict types which can be instantiated during deserialization. Rated critical
Those using Snakeyaml to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). Rated medium s
Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). Rated medium severit
Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). Rated medium severit
Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). Rated medium severit
Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). Rated medium severit
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