Name: CVE-2017-18640: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-18640, CWE-776, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.26723

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alma_linux	—	Upgrade prometheus-jmx-exporter	May 4, 2022	Dec 12, 2019
Centos_linux	—	Upgrade prometheus-jmx-exporter	Nov 5, 2020	Dec 12, 2019
Debian	—	Upgrade snakeyaml	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 12, 2019
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-java/snakeyaml.	May 23, 2023	Dec 12, 2019
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade prometheus-jmx-exporter	Nov 13, 2020	Dec 12, 2019
Redhat_linux	—	No solution existsUpgrade prometheus-jmx-exporter	Nov 5, 2020	Dec 12, 2019
Rocky_linux	—	—	Aug 15, 2024	Dec 12, 2019
Suse	—	Upgrade snakeyamlUpgrade snakeyaml-javadoc	Jun 9, 2021	Dec 12, 2019
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libyaml-snake-java (Ubuntu Pro)	Mar 26, 2025	Dec 12, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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