Uncontrolled recursion leads to abort in deserialization
Priority LOW 38CWE-674Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-674.
Summary
Affected versions of this crate did not properly check for recursion while deserializing aliases. This allows an attacker to make a YAML file with an alias referring to itself causing an abort. The flaw was corrected by checking the recursion depth.
Why it matters now
Fix Fixed serde_yaml (crates.io): 0.8.4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | serde_yaml (crates.io) | 0.6.0-rc1 to before 0.8.4 | 0.8.4 | Patch available | GHSA-39vw-qp34-rmwf |
- serde_yaml (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.6.0-rc1 to before 0.8.4 Fixed in 0.8.4 Patch available GHSA-39vw-qp34-rmwf
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-39vw-qp34-rmwf serde_yaml (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.4 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-39vw-qp34-rmwf
References
Sources
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