CVE-2022-1471 (High) detected in snakeyaml-1.33.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2022-1471 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - snakeyaml-1.33.jar

YAML 1.1 parser and emitter for Java

Library home page: https://bitbucket.org/snakeyaml/snakeyaml

Path to dependency file: /integ-test/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar,/home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.yaml/snakeyaml/1.33/2cd0a87ff7df953f810c344bdf2fe3340b954c69/snakeyaml-1.33.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• protocol-3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT (Root Library)
  • opensearch-3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT
    • opensearch-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
      • opensearch-x-content-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
        • ❌ snakeyaml-1.33.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 50669ebe3a0cb46ff832d75f77adb23672725777

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

SnakeYaml's Constructor() class does not restrict types which can be instantiated during deserialization. Deserializing yaml content provided by an attacker can lead to remote code execution. We recommend using SnakeYaml's SafeConsturctor when parsing untrusted content to restrict deserialization.

Publish Date: 2022-12-01

URL: CVE-2022-1471

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

[Yury-Fridlyand]

I propose closing this, because:
First, it is not in our repo:

Dependency Hierarchy:

• opensearch-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • opensearch-x-content-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • ❌ snakeyaml-1.32.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Second, it is a false positive according to snakeyaml repo:

CVE

When you are here because of some vulnerability report please be aware that it is most probably a false positive.

[MaxKsyunz]

related: opensearch-project/OpenSearch#5576

Looks like resolution in opensearch was a code change. We can close this If sql-plugin does not use snakeyaml directly.

[owaiskazi19]

Hey @Yury-Fridlyand and @MaxKsyunz ! We have fixed the vulnerability on core: opensearch-project/OpenSearch#6511 and backported it to 2.x. Looking at the latest Whitesource check here looks like the vulnerability is resolved for sql. Can we close this issue?

[mend-for-github-com]

✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.