Security Bulletin: There is a security vulnerability in snakeYAML used by IBM Maximo Data Loader (CVE-2022-1471)

Summary

There is a security vulnerability in snakeYAML used by IBM Maximo Data Loader

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2022-1471
**DESCRIPTION:**SnakeYaml could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an unsafe deserialization in the Constructor class. By using a specially-crafted yaml content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/241118 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

For IBM Maximo Data Loader:

Maximo Data Loader |

IBM Maximo Data Loader Patch Fix or Release

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8.5.0

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8.5.0 or latest (available from the IBM Entitled Registry)

Refer to IBM documentation Loading data using Maximo Data Loader for the deployments process.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None