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TI-2022-13610 Aliases CVE-2022-31691GHSA-r5cr-5j3q-vpf6

Code injection in Spring by VMware

Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03432 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Spring by VMwareSpring 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.—No fix listedCNA
  • Spring by VMware Vendor— Affected 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. Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:bosh_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.40.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloudfoundry_manifest_yml_support:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.40.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:concourse_ci_pipeline_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.40.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.0 to before 1.40.0VulnerableVMware
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_tools:*:*:*:*:*:eclipse:*:*4.0.0 to before 4.16.1VulnerableVMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:bosh_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.40.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloudfoundry_manifest_yml_support:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.40.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:concourse_ci_pipeline_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.40.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_boot_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.0 to before 1.40.0 Vulnerable ·VMware
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:spring_tools:*:*:*:*:*:eclipse:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.16.1 Vulnerable ·VMware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31691
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r5cr-5j3q-vpf6

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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