CVE catalog
CVE-2022-38749
snakeyaml: CVE-2022-38749
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.06% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | snakeyaml | sid | 2.5+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | snakeyaml | forky | 2.5+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | snakeyaml | trixie | 2.0+ds+really1.33-1 | fixed |
| Debian | snakeyaml | bookworm | 1.33-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | pro | 1.12-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | pro | 1.12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 18.04 | 1.17-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 18.04 | 1.19-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 18.04 | 1.20-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 18.04 | 1.23-1~18.04 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 18.04 | 1.23-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 20.04 | 1.23-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 20.04 | 1.25+ds-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 20.04 | 1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 22.04 | 1.28-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 22.04 | 1.29-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | 22.04 | 1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | snakeyaml | source | sid | 1.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | snakeyaml | source | forky | 1.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | snakeyaml | source | trixie | 1.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | snakeyaml | source | bookworm | 1.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | deb | pro | 1.12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38749 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | deb | 18.04 | 1.23-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38749 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | deb | 20.04 | 1.25+ds-2ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38749 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | snakeyaml | deb | 22.04 | 1.29-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38749 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libyaml-snake-java]Fixed
Source package: [snakeyaml]
Details (2)
1.33-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.31-1dsa · snakeyaml · debian · bookworm
1.33-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.31-1dsa · snakeyaml · debian · bookworm
- [libyaml-snake-java-doc]Fixed
Source package: [snakeyaml]
Details (2)
1.33-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.31-1dsa · snakeyaml · debian · bookworm
1.33-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.31-1dsa · snakeyaml · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2022_3397-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38749]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-38749]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-38749.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-1143.json]
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