CVE-2023-28118 is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability affecting kaml, a YAML parsing library for kotlinx.serialization, prior to version 0.53.0. Untrusted YAML input containing anchors and aliases can lead to excessive memory consumption and application crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.53.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kaml_project:kaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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