criticalREV. 01

CVE-2022-1471SnakeYaml — Unrestricted Type Instantiation on Load

The library's default loader builds whatever object type a document names, so parsing attacker-supplied configuration text runs their code inside the application.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade the library past 1.33 and load untrusted documents with the safe constructor only.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Not listed
CVE published
2022-12-01
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1059
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsAn application parsing attacker-supplied configuration text

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2022-1471 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07