CVE-2021-4235 (GCVE-0-2021-4235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-27 21:13 – Updated: 2025-04-11 16:25
VLAI
Title
Denial of service in gopkg.in/yaml.v2
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE 400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
Go
References
Impacted products
Credits
@simonferquel
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