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SCA: security update for com.charleskorn.kaml:kaml (GHSA-fmm9-3gv8-58f4)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414589

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - kaml is an open source implementation of the YAML format with support for kotlinx.serialization. In
 affected versions attackers that could provide arbitrary YAML input to an application that uses kaml could
 cause the application to endlessly loop while parsing the input. This could result in resource starvation
 and denial of service. This only affects applications that use polymorphic serialization with the default
 tagged polymorphism style. Applications using the property polymorphism style are not affected. YAML input
 for a polymorphic type that provided a tag but no value for the object would trigger the issue. Version
 0.35.3 or later contain the fix for this issue. (CVE-2021-39194)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fmm9-3gv8-58f4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414589

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39194

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39194