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Java: Update qhelp: SnakeYaml is safe from version 2.0 #20018

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Update qhelp: SnakeYaml is safe from version 2.0
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Update SnakeYaml reference to note that it is outdated
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions java/ql/src/Security/CWE/CWE-502/UnsafeDeserialization.qhelp
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Expand Up @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Recommendations specific to particular frameworks supported by this query:
<p></p>
<p><b>SnakeYAML</b> - <code>org.yaml:snakeyaml</code></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Secure by Default</b>: No</li>
<li><b>Recommendation</b>: Pass an instance of <code>org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor</code> to <code>org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml</code>'s constructor before using it to deserialize untrusted data.</li>
<li><b>Secure by Default</b>: As of version 2.0.</li>
<li><b>Recommendation</b>: For versions before 2.0, pass an instance of <code>org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.SafeConstructor</code> to <code>org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml</code>'s constructor before using it to deserialize untrusted data.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><b>XML Decoder</b> - <code>Standard Java Library</code></p>
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