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.
CVE-2022-38749
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 32% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 73.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 5, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525/got-stackoverflowerror-for-many-open
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47024
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
- cve-coordination@googlehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml/issues/525/got-stackoverflowerror-for-many-open
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=47024
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-28
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240315-0010/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-38749(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2023:3641Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.18.3 Patch 2 release
- RHSA-2023:2097Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.13 Release
- RHSA-2023:2100Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Integration Camel for Spring Boot 3.20.1 security update
- RHSA-2023:1043Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.2 security update on RHEL 7
- RHSA-2023:1049Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.2 security update
- RHSA-2023:1047Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.2 for OpenShift image security and enhancement update
- RHSA-2023:1045Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.2 security update on RHEL 9
- RHSA-2023:1044Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.6.2 security update on RHEL 8
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libyaml-snake-java-doc (1.29-1ubuntu0.22.10.1) @ kinetic | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | snakeyaml | 2023-12-07 | redhat |
| redhat | candlepin-0:4.2.13-1.el8sat | 2023-05-03 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso-7/sso76-openshift-rhel8:7.6-20 | 2023-03-01 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el9sso | 2023-03-01 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso | 2023-03-01 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-sso7-keycloak-0:18.0.6-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso | 2023-03-01 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(7)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| be.cylab:snakeyaml | 1.25.1 | — | — |
| com.alipay.sofa.acts:acts-common-util | 1.0.0 | — | — |
| io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_httpserver | 0.17.0 | — | — |
| io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_httpserver_java6 | 0.17.0, 0.17.1, 0.17.2, 0.18.0 | — | — |
| org.testifyproject.external:external-snakeyaml | 0.9.5 ... 1.0.6 (11 versions) | — | — |
| org.yaml:snakeyaml | 1.10 ... 1.9 (27 versions) | 1.31 | — |
| pl.droidsonroids.yaml:snakeyaml | 1.18-android, 1.18.1, 1.18.2 | — | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(7)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-387492025-10-02
DoS in SnakeYAML
- Red HatRHSA-2022:6757MODERATE2022-09-05
RHSA-2022:6757 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8524MODERATE2022-09-05
RHSA-2022:8524 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8652MODERATE2022-09-05
RHSA-2022:8652 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8876MODERATE2022-09-05
RHSA-2022:8876 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:7697MODERATE2022-09-05
RHSA-2023:7697 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-5944-1MEDIUM
SnakeYAML vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 08:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-25 16:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-25 16:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-24 16:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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