#VU82999 XML Entity Expansion in kaml - CVE-2023-28118
Published: November 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82999
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28118
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
kaml
kaml
Software vendor:
charleskorn
charleskorn
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to applications that use kaml to parse untrusted input containing anchors and aliases may consume excessive memory and crash. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.