7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-28118
kaml has potential denial of service while parsing input with anchors and aliases
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 20, 2023, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-28118 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kaml_project kaml
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-28118 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531a
    Added Reference https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0
    Added Reference https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531a No Types Assigned https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531a Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48 No Types Assigned https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48 Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kaml_project:kaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.53.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} -0.26%

score

0.39995

percentile