CVE-2023-24620

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    CVE-2023-24620

    Published: 25 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Esoteric YamlBeans through 1.15. A crafted YAML document is able perform am XML Entity Expansion attack against YamlBeans YamlReader. By exploiting the Anchor feature in YAML, it is possible to generate a small YAML document that, when read, is expanded to a large size, causing CPU and memory consumption, such as a Java Out-of-Memory exception.

    References: https://contrastsecurity.com, https://github.com/Contrast-Security-OSS/yamlbeans/blob/main/SECURITY.md, https://github.com/EsotericSoftware, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/24xxx/CVE-2023-24620.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24620

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.15

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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