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

published 2017-03-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7 , EUVD-2018-0619

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.3%; EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 7

maven org.apache.camel:camel-snakeyaml 2.17.5, 2.18.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-3159 updated 2026-05-13 cvss 8.1

camel-snakeyaml: Unmarshalling operation is vulnerable to RCE

Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 camel-snakeyaml camel-snakeyaml
affected: no fix available
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0868

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.apache.camel:camel-snakeyaml	<2.17.5 >=2.18.0, <2.18.2	2.17.5 2.18.2

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Camel

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

github.com /apache/camel/commit/20e26226107f3133c87d0f5c845e02f824823f69
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/21c04b635cacd57bf4d438fc2308533ca1babde9
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/2f19ce59cc4d89f21455f47604915fab6a22233b
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/6b979d07fd4be6ac913368f2abeae690d3325d37
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/bea972e99b5c75dc0edeb93ecbba9ff70c36bb43
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/c98e48a7421b813bd47d5ae2717aea35a98d187
web
github.com /apache/camel/commit/dcb5a74a3987d2264ad195c7844bbb6c8121661
web
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:0868
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
camel.apache.org /security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-3159.txt.asc?version=1&modificationDate=1486565167000&api=v2
web, vendor-advisory
github.com /mbechler/marshalsec/blob/master/marshalsec.pdf?raw=true
web, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/96321
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/05/22/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
lists.apache.org /thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
lists.apache.org /thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf%40%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3159
advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7
advisory
github.com /apache/camel
package
issues.apache.org /jira/browse/CAMEL-10575
web
lists.apache.org /thread.html/2318d7f7d87724d8716cd650c21b31cb06e4d34f6d0f5ee42f28fdaf@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
web
lists.apache.org /thread.html/b4014ea7c5830ca1fc28edd5cafedfe93ad4af2d9e69c961c5def31d@%3Ccommits.camel.apache.org%3E
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-3159
GitHub Advisory GHSA-hvpr-9cr6-q5v7
NVD CVE-2017-3159

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Summary