Entity Expansion Vulnerability in SnakeYAML's Alias Feature

Entity Expansion Vulnerability in SnakeYAML's Alias Feature

CVE-2017-18640 · HIGH Severity

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

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

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