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CVE-2018-1051

resteasy: Unsafe unmarshalling in YamlProvider allows code execution

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.1

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · January 18, 2018

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

It was found that the fix for CVE-2016-9606 in versions 3.0.22 and 3.1.2 was incomplete and Yaml unmarshalling in Resteasy is still possible via Yaml.load() in YamlProvider.

Statement

This issue only affects applications which have the YamlProvider explicitly enabled by adding or appending a file with the name 'META-INF/services/javax.ws.rs.ext.Providers' to your WAR, or JAR with the contents 'org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.providers.YamlProvider'

resteasy-base as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 does not include YamlProvider.

Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager version 1 is now in a reduced support phase receiving only Critical impact security fixes. This issue has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

This issue affects the versions of resteasy as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 6, however Satellite version 6 does not use the affected functionality. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue.

For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

If the YamlProvider is enabled it's recommended to add authentication, and authorization to the endpoint expecting Yaml content to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation