GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-rvwf-54qp-4r6v SnakeYAML Entity Expansion during load operation

HIGH Published 2021-06-04 Modified 2022-08-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-18640
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.yaml:snakeyaml
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-776
Reviewed
2021-06-04

Affected packages

• Maven org.yaml:snakeyaml: < 1.26 → fixed in 1.26

Description

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

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • 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. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness

References