CVE-2022-25857 Denial of Service (DoS)
Attackers can cause denial of service in applications using SnakeYAML by exploiting missing nested depth limitations in collections.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-25857?
CVE-2022-25857 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-776
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25857?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.yaml:snakeyaml. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.yaml:snakeyaml Maven | All versions | 1.31 |
org.yaml:snakeyaml Maven | All versions | 1.31 |
Linux distribution packages (8)
prometheus-jmx-exporter AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk11 AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk17 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter-openjdk8 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8 |
prometheus-jmx-exporter Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:0.12.0-8.el8_6 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Snakeyaml Project Snakeyaml.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25857?
Upgrade org.yaml:snakeyaml to 1.31 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-25857 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25857 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2022:6820, CLEANSTART-2026-QK11051, CLEANSTART-2026-TI64319, CLSA-2026-1786419162, CLSA-2026-1789371790, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25857 and 7 more.