GO-2022-0956

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    GO-2022-0956

    Published: 29 Aug 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Excessive resource consumption in gopkg.in/yaml.v2

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

    References: https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/commit/f221b8435cfb71e54062f6c6e99e9ade30b124d5, https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/releases/tag/v2.2.4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gopkg.in/yaml.v2

    Purl: pkg:golang/gopkg.in/yaml.v2

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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