GHSA-r88r-gmrh-7j83MediumCVSS 5.5

YAML Go package vulnerable to denial of service

Published
December 28, 2022
Last Modified
April 11, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-4235 →

📋 Description

Due to unbounded alias chasing, a maliciously crafted YAML file can cause the system to consume significant system resources. If parsing user input, this may be used as a denial of service vector.

🎯 Affected products2

  • go/gopkg.in/yaml.v2:< 2.2.3
  • go/github.com/go-yaml/yaml:<= 2.1.0

🔗 References (6)