UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-84375
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375
Upstream
Published
2026-09-01T22:17:00Z
Modified
2026-09-16T14:02:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

js-yaml is a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. From 3.0.0 until 3.15.2 and 4.3.2, maxTotalMergeKeys in lib/js-yaml/loader.js and lib/loader.js does not count empty mapping sources while processing the merge key <<. An attacker can alias a large sequence of empty mappings into many merge targets, causing O(N * K) processing while totalMergeKeys remains unchanged and the configured resource limit is never reached. A relatively small YAML document can therefore cause prolonged CPU consumption in applications that parse untrusted YAML, and merge processing is enabled by default on these release lines. This issue is fixed in versions 3.15.2 and 4.3.2.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / node-js-yaml

Package

Name
node-js-yaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-js-yaml?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.9.1+dfsg-1
3.10.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-js-yaml",
            "binary_version":  "3.10.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / node-js-yaml

Package

Name
node-js-yaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-js-yaml?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.13.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-js-yaml",
            "binary_version":  "3.13.1+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-js-yaml

Package

Name
node-js-yaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-js-yaml?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.14.1+dfsg+~3.12.6-2
4.*
4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-4ubuntu1
4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-5
4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-js-yaml",
            "binary_version":  "4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / node-js-yaml

Package

Name
node-js-yaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-js-yaml?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-js-yaml",
            "binary_version":  "4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / node-js-yaml

Package

Name
node-js-yaml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-js-yaml?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-7
4.1.1+dfsg+~4.0.9-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "node-js-yaml",
            "binary_version":  "4.1.1+dfsg+~4.0.9-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-84375.json"