Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop when unmarshalling Compose file having recursive loop
Priority LOW 26CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
The compose-go library component in versions v2.10-v2.4.0 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the compose-go to consume excessive amount of Memory and CPU cycles while parsing YAML, such as used by Docker Compose from versions v2.27.0 to v2.29.7 included
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00229 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 (Go): 2.4.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compose-spec | compose-go | up to 2.4.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 (Go) | 2.1.0 to before 2.4.1 | 2.4.1 | Patch available | GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9 |
- compose-go Vendorcompose-spec Affected up to 2.4.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.1.0 to before 2.4.1 Fixed in 2.4.1 Patch available GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9 github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.4.1 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10846
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9
References
Other 7
- https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/security/advisories/GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9
- https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/12235
- https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/pull/618
- https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/pull/703
- https://github.com/docker/compose/commit/d239f0f3187a2ed5404c61f83bd5e995c81600ff#diff-33ef32bf6c23acb95f5902d7097b7a1d5128ca061167ec0716715b0b9eeaa5f6R10
- https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-go
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0008
Sources
- CVE-2024-10846 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10846 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-10846 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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