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CVE-2026-33320
Dasel is a command-line tool and library for querying, modifying, and transforming data structures. Starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.3.1, Dasel's YAML reader allows an attacker who can supply YAML for processing to trigger extreme CPU and memory consumption. The issue is in the library's own `UnmarshalYAML` implementation, which manually resolves alias nodes by recursively following `yaml.Node.Alias` pointers without any expansion budget, bypassing go-yaml v4's built-in alias exp
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"dasel","vendor":"TomWright","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 3.0.0, < 3.3.2"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:398e072591563c398b20774aeb2edea727c8d1a5ff63474c847f7fd6f6fafcaf · sha256:4f46abe5daeb7412… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":6.2,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:398e072591563c398b20774aeb2edea727c8d1a5ff63474c847f7fd6f6fafcaf · sha256:4f46abe5daeb7412… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-674","description":"CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:398e072591563c398b20774aeb2edea727c8d1a5ff63474c847f7fd6f6fafcaf · sha256:4f46abe5daeb7412… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/TomWright/dasel/security/advisories/GHSA-4fcp-jxh7-23x8","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/TomWright/dasel/security/advisories/GHSA-4fcp-jxh7-23x8"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:398e072591563c398b20774aeb2edea727c8d1a5ff63474c847f7fd6f6fafcaf · sha256:4f46abe5daeb7412… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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