CVE-2022-31691

Published: Nov 4, 2022Updated: May 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo

9.8CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-94

Affected Products

vmware

commercial·USaka vmware inc

bosh editorOn-premDesktop App

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

cloudfoundry manifest yml supportOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

concourse ci pipeline editorOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

spring boot toolsOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

spring toolsOn-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ide-editor

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

Initial Access

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References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2022-31691

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