CVE-2026-33320

MEDIUM

Dasel has unbounded YAML alias expansion in dasel leads to CPU/memory denial of service

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Dasel is a command-line tool and library for querying, modifying, and transforming data structures. Starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.3.1, Dasel's YAML reader allows an attacker who can supply YAML for processing to trigger extreme CPU and memory consumption. The issue is in the library's own `UnmarshalYAML` implementation, which manually resolves alias nodes by recursively following `yaml.Node.Alias` pointers without any expansion budget, bypassing go-yaml v4's built-in alias expansion limit. Version 3.3.2 contains a patch for the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (3)
tomwright/dasel 3.0.0 - 3.3.2
tomwright/dasel 3.0.0 - 3.3.2Go
TomWright/dasel >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.2
Published Mar 24, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 24, 2026