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…
Exact source revision recorded 27 Oct 2026 15:15:33 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
nvd · CVE-2026-59868
PublishedNVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.
Source analysis status: Analyzed
Weakness classifications: CWE-407 · CWE-770
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published: 2026-07-08T16:16:33.270
lastModified: 2026-10-25T20:10:00.147
1 source CPE criteria · context only
- cpe:2.3:a:nodeca:js-yaml:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.
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