CVE-2026-59868

medium

Description

js-yaml is a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. From 5.0.0 before 5.2.0, when merge keys are enabled, js-yaml can spend quadratic CPU time parsing a document whose size grows only linearly when a chain of mappings uses merge keys where each mapping merges the previous one. This issue is fixed in version 5.2.0.

References

https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-fgmg-93mv

https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/releases/tag/5.2.0

https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/commit/3105455b81dee69e0fd36e09ac0b2ccfdb54adc1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-08

Updated: 2026-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium