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CVE-2022-28948: gopkg.in/yaml.v3 Denial of Service

May 20, 2022 (updated August 27, 2025)

An issue in the Unmarshal function in Go-Yaml v3 can cause a program to panic when attempting to deserialize invalid input.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hp87-p4gw-j4gq
  • github.com/go-yaml/yaml
  • github.com/go-yaml/yaml/commit/8f96da9f5d5eff988554c1aae1784627c4bf6754
  • github.com/go-yaml/yaml/commit/f6f7691b1fdeb513f56608cd2c32c51f8194bf51
  • github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/665
  • github.com/go-yaml/yaml/issues/666
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28948
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220923-0006

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 3.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Source file

go/gopkg.in/yaml.v3/CVE-2022-28948.yml

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