SCA: security update for org.yaml:snakeyaml (GHSA-mjmj-j48q-9wg2)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417008

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. We recommend
upgrading to version 2.0 and beyond. (CVE-2022-1471)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mjmj-j48q-9wg2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 417008

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1471