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CVE-2021-4235

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CVE-2021-4235

Published: Dec 27, 2022

Modified: Apr 11, 2025

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

gopkg.in/yaml.v2

gopkg.in/yaml.v2

affected
0 - < 2.2.3

github.com/go-yaml/yaml

github.com/go-yaml/yaml

All versions

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