js-yaml: js-yaml: Denial of Service via crafted YAML merge keys

A flaw was found in js-yaml, a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted YAML document that repeatedly uses the same alias in a merge sequence. This can lead to algorithmic CPU exhaustion, causing the Node.js worker or eve...

JS-YAML: Quadratic-complexity DoS in merge key handling via repeated aliases

Summary A crafted YAML document can trigger algorithmic CPU exhaustion in js-yaml merge-key processing by repeating the same alias many times in a merge sequence. This causes quadratic parse-time behavior relative to input size and can block a Node.js worker/event loop for seconds with a relative...