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CVE-2022-31691

CRITICALEPSS 82th pctl
9.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Spring Tools 4 for Eclipse version 4.16.0 and below as well as VSCode extensions such as Spring Boot Tools, Concourse CI Pipeline Editor, Bosh Editor and Cloudfoundry Manifest YML Support version 1.39.0 and below all use Snakeyaml library for YAML editing support. This library allows for some special syntax in the YAML that under certain circumstances allows for potentially harmful remote code execution by the attacker.

How to fix

Remediation Available
bosh editorNVD
Affected:>= 1.0.0, < 1.40.0Fixed in:1.40.0CVE-2022-31691derived from NVD
cloudfoundry manifest yml supportNVD
Affected:>= 1.0.0, < 1.40.0Fixed in:1.40.0CVE-2022-31691derived from NVD
concourse ci pipeline editorNVD
Affected:>= 1.0.0, < 1.40.0Fixed in:1.40.0CVE-2022-31691derived from NVD
spring boot toolsNVD
Affected:>= 1.0.0, < 1.40.0Fixed in:1.40.0CVE-2022-31691derived from NVD
spring toolsNVD
Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.16.1Fixed in:4.16.1CVE-2022-31691derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days
82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-02.