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TI-2018-14955 Aliases CVE-2018-20993GHSA-hv87-47h9-jcvq

An issue was discovered in the yaml-rust crate before 0.4.1 for Rust.

Priority LOW 36CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

An issue was discovered in the yaml-rust crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. There is uncontrolled recursion during deserialization.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01411 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed yaml-rust (crates.io): 0.4.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—yaml-rust (crates.io)before 0.4.10.4.1Patch availableGHSA-hv87-47h9-jcvq
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • yaml-rust (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.4.1 Fixed in 0.4.1 Patch available GHSA-hv87-47h9-jcvq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:yaml-rust_project:yaml-rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.4.1VulnerableYaml-rust Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:yaml-rust_project:yaml-rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.4.1 Vulnerable ·Yaml-rust Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hv87-47h9-jcvq yaml-rust (crates.io) Fixed in 0.4.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-20993
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hv87-47h9-jcvq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2019-16009 Uncontrolled recursion in yaml-rust CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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