CVE-2022-31115 — Vulnerability in opensearch-ruby — CVE Details

HIGH

opensearch-ruby 2.x before 2.0.2 vulnerable to unsafe YAML deserialization

Published July 5, 2022Updated February 22, 2024Source: osv

Summary

### Impact A YAML deserialization in opensearch-ruby 2.0.0 can lead to unsafe deserialization using YAML.load if the response is of type YAML. ### Patches The problem has been patched in opensearch-ruby gem version 2.0.2. ### Workarounds No viable workaround. Please upgrade to 2.0.2 ### References https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ruby/pull/77 https://staaldraad.github.io/post/2021-01-09-universal-rce-ruby-yaml-load-updated/ ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [opensearch-ruby](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ruby)

Advisory Timeline

First published July 5, 2022 (1560 days ago).
Last revised February 22, 2024 — 596 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update opensearch-ruby to 2.0.2 or later

gem install opensearch-ruby -v 2.0.2

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
opensearch-ruby	rubygems	2.0.0, 2.0.1	2.0.2

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted DataMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 8.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-31115?: opensearch-ruby 2.x before 2.0.2 vulnerable to unsafe YAML deserialization This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 8.8/10).
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

8.8

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-977c-63xq-cgw3

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