Apache Camel's camel-snakeyaml component is vulnerable to Java object de-serialization

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-3159 · GHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7 · Published 07/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-3159 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.apache.camel:camel-snakeyaml, camel (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.3%, higher than 93.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.18.2, 2.17.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.camel:camel-snakeyaml Maven	`≥ 2.18.0, < 2.18.2< 2.17.5`	`2.18.22.17.5`
camel apache	`≥ 2.17.0, ≤ 2.17.4≥ 2.18.0, ≤ 2.18.1≤ 2.14.4`	No fix yet

Description

Apache Camel's camel-snakeyaml component is vulnerable to Java object de-serialization. De-serializing untrusted data can lead to security flaws.

NVD description

Apache Camel's camel-snakeyaml component is vulnerable to Java object de-serialization vulnerability. De-serializing untrusted data can lead to security flaws.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3159 · ADVISORY
apache/camel commit 20e2622 · WEB
apache/camel commit 21c04b6 · WEB
apache/camel commit 2f19ce5 · WEB
apache/camel commit 6b979d0 · WEB
apache/camel commit bea972e · WEB
apache/camel commit c98e48a · WEB
apache/camel commit dcb5a74 · WEB
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0868 · WEB
GitHub Advisory GHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7 · ADVISORY
apache/camel · PACKAGE

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