The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202305-28 (snakeyaml: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related     issue to CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2017-18640)

  - 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 stackoverflow. (CVE-2022-38749, CVE-2022-38750, CVE-2022-38751)

  - 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. (CVE-2022-38752)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1876-1 advisory.

  - The Alias feature in SnakeYAML 1.18 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to     CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2017-18640)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4807 advisory.

    [0.12.0-6]
    - Fix CVE-2017-18640 by using updated snakeyaml.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related     issue to CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2017-18640)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2023:0146 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

      CVE-2017-18640:
      The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related     issue to CVE-2003-1564.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:1876-1 advisory.

    - Upgrade to 1.28
    - CVE-2017-18640: The Alias feature allows entity expansion during a load operation (bsc#1159488,     bsc#1186088)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2020:4807 advisory.

  - The Alias feature in SnakeYAML 1.18 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to     CVE-2003-1564. (CVE-2017-18640)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 8.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ ciqsa-2026_0151 advisory.

    This advisory aggregates security fixes for the prometheus-jmx-exporter SRPM in CIQ LTS 8.6. It addresses     3 CVEs: CVE-2022-1471, CVE-2022-25857, CVE-2017-18640.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
176195	GLSA-202305-28 : snakeyaml: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	5/21/2023	5/23/2023	high
151753	openSUSE 15 Security Update : snakeyaml (openSUSE-SU-2021:1876-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/16/2021	12/8/2023	high
142758	Oracle Linux 8 : prometheus-jmx-exporter (ELSA-2020-4807)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/12/2020	11/1/2024	high
221189	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-18640	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	8/4/2026	high
276199	TencentOS Server 3: prometheus-jmx-exporter (TSSA-2023:0146)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	11/20/2025	11/22/2025	high
150699	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : snakeyaml (SUSE-SU-2021:1876-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/11/2021	6/25/2026	high
157622	AlmaLinux 8 : prometheus-jmx-exporter (ALSA-2020:4807)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	2/9/2022	11/10/2023	high
356745	Rocky Linux 8.6 [CIQ] Security Update: prometheus-jmx-exporter / prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk11 / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ciqsa-2026_0151)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	10/1/2026	10/11/2026	critical

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