Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Affecting yelp-xsl-devel package, versions <0:3.28.0-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-YELPXSLDEVEL-10265994
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Apr 2025

Introduced: 3 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-3155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 yelp-xsl-devel to version 0:3.28.0-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2025-2861.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yelp-xsl-devel package and not the yelp-xsl-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Yelp. The Gnome user help application allows the help document to execute arbitrary scripts. This vulnerability allows malicious users to input help documents, which may exfiltrate user files to an external environment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1