{"cve":"CVE-2023-28118","nvd":{"published":"2023-03-20T13:15:11.877","modified":"2026-06-17T05:46:54.680","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-776"],"references":["https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531a","https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0","https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/security/advisories/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48","https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/commit/5f82a2d7e00bfc307afca05d1dc4d7c50593531a","https://github.com/charleskorn/kaml/releases/tag/0.53.0"],"products":["kaml_project:kaml"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:48.383111019+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-28118","score":0.00974,"percentile":0.62065,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c24f-2j3g-rg48","summary":"kaml has potential denial of service while parsing input with anchors and aliases ","modified":"2023-11-08T04:12:09.233283Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"com.charleskorn.kaml:kaml","purl":"pkg:maven/com.charleskorn.kaml/kaml","ranges":["<0.53.0"],"fixed":["0.53.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}