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CVE-2022-25857
Published:August 30, 2022
Updated:April 14, 2026
The package org.yaml:snakeyaml from 0 and before 1.31 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due missing to nested depth limitation for collections.
Affected Packages
org.yaml:snakeyaml (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.4 <1.31
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.31
Related Resources (10)
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/commits/fc300780da21f4bb92c148bc90257201220cf174
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25857
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010
https://github.com/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/commit/fc300780da21f4bb92c148bc90257201220cf174
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25857
https://github.com/snakeyaml/snakeyaml
https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25857
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-400
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
CWE-776
EPSS
Base Score:
0.87