CVE-2022-41854 (Medium) detected in snakeyaml-1.26.jar

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CVE-2022-41854 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - snakeyaml-1.26.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: http://www.snakeyaml.org

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.26/a78a8747147d2c5807683e76ec2b633e95c14fe9/snakeyaml-1.26.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • opensearch-x-content-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • :x: snakeyaml-1.26.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 37a931972fc0a6ed0119a626ead37d0a76942954

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2022-11-11

URL: CVE-2022-41854

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/531/

Release Date: 2022-11-11

Fix Resolution: org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.32

[dblock]

[Triage -- attendees 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

@kkhatua

[kkhatua]

@dblock .... this project will be sunset as the effort is underway to pivot to using OSD with Cluster & Query Insights. (cc: @varunsrivathsav )