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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18640

The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 26.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Alias feature in SnakeYAML before 1.26 allows entity expansion during a load operation, a related issue to CVE-2003-1564.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
26.72% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-776
Affected
snakeyaml project/snakeyaml · fedoraproject/fedora · quarkus/quarkus · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise pt peopletools
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.