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CVE-2026-59868

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.3 Published: 2026-07-08 Modified: 2026-07-13

Description

js-yaml is a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. From 5.0.0 before 5.2.0, when merge keys are enabled, js-yaml can spend quadratic CPU time parsing a document whose size grows only linearly when a chain of mappings uses merge keys where each mapping merges the previous one. This issue is fixed in version 5.2.0.

Affected Platforms

Nodeca Js-Yaml

Weakness Type

CWE-407, CWE-770

References