CVE-2022-31115 — opensearch-ruby is a community-driven, open source fork of elasticsearch-ruby

opensearch-ruby is a community-driven, open source fork of elasticsearch-ruby. In versions prior to 2.0.1 the ruby `YAML.load` function was used instead of `YAML.safe_load`. As a result opensearch-ruby 2.0.0 and prior can lead to unsafe deserialization using YAML.load if the resp

01What is this vulnerability?

opensearch-ruby is a community-driven, open source fork of elasticsearch-ruby. In versions prior to 2.0.1 the ruby `YAML.load` function was used instead of `YAML.safe_load`. As a result opensearch-ruby 2.0.0 and prior can lead to unsafe deserialization using YAML.load if the response is of type YAML. An attacker must be in control of an opensearch server and convince the victim to connect to it…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
opensearch-project	opensearch	ruby — < 2.0.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-06-30T21:55:11.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T17:52:35.694Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-9…
• github.com — https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-ruby/pull/77
• staaldraad.github.io — https://staaldraad.github.io/post/2021-01-09-universal-rce-ruby-yaml-load-update…