SCA: security update for org.yaml:snakeyaml (GHSA-w37g-rhq8-7m4j)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419648

Description

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

- Those using Snakeyaml to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS).
If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to
crash by stack overflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack. (CVE-2022-41854)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w37g-rhq8-7m4j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419648

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41854

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 11/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41854