01 Record
CVE-2023-47163
Remarshal prior to v0.17.1 expands YAML alias nodes unlimitedly, hence Remarshal is vulnerable to Billion Laughs Attack. Processing untrusted YAML files may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: jpcert
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Remarshal prior to v0.17.1 expands YAML alias nodes unlimitedly, hence Remarshal is vulnerable to Billion Laughs Attack. Processing untrusted YAML files may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-11-13 02:26Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-08 21:35Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-10-31
- Assigning CNA
- jpcert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2a7826d669d59d548a6675712f99ab99dd26c1489e58c88f728255477f8cb810
05 Affected products
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