Resource exhaustion in Gopkg.in/yaml.v2

CVE-2022-3064

Parsing malicious or large YAML documents can consume excessive amounts of CPU or memory.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3064?
CVE-2022-3064 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gopkg.in/yaml.v2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-3064?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3064 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.