CVE-2023-28118

HIGH

Kaml < 0.53.0 - XML Entity Expansion

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-776
Status published
Products (2)
com.charleskorn.kaml/kaml 0 - 0.53.0Maven
kaml_project/kaml < 0.53.0
Published Mar 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026