VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-28118
Prior to version 0.53.0, applications that use kaml to parse untrusted input containing anchors and aliases may consume excessive memory and crash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.97%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
kaml provides YAML support for kotlinx.serialization. Prior to version 0.53.0, applications that use kaml to parse untrusted input containing anchors and aliases may consume excessive memory and crash. Version 0.53.0 and later default to refusing to parse YAML documents containing anchors and aliases. There are no known workarounds.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.97% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-776
- Affected
- kaml project/kaml
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531aPatch
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0Release Notes
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531aPatch
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0Release Notes
- https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.