Kubernetes API Server - YAML Parsing DoS (Billion Laughs)

The Kubernetes API server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via YAML/JSON parsing. An attacker can send a specially crafted YAML/JSON payload that causes exponential memory consumption Billion Laughs attack, leading to API server crash. id: CVE-2019-11253 info: name: Kubernetes API Serv...

CVE-2026-45304

CVE-2026-45304 affects Symfony’s YAML Parser (Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser). Before versions 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, the parser resolved YAML collection aliases recursively, enabling a small untrusted YAML input to expand into a multi-gigabyte structure and exhaust memory. Impact is ...

CVE-2026-45304 Symfony: YAML Parser Exponential Memory Allocation via Recursive Collection-Alias Expansion ("Billion Laughs")

Symfony is a PHP framework for web and console applications and a set of reusable PHP components. Prior to 5.4.52, 6.4.40, 7.4.12, and 8.0.12, Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser resolved YAML collection aliases recursively, allowing a small untrusted YAML input to expand into a multi-gigabyte structur...

PYSEC-2026-1570 LlamaIndex has an XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in its sitemap parser

An XML Entity Expansion vulnerability, also known as a 'billion laughs' attack, exists in the sitemap parser of the run-llama/llamaindex repository, specifically affecting the Papers Loaders package before version 0.3.2 in llama-index v0.10.0 and above through v0.12.29. This vulnerability allows ...

PT-2026-52629

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apicurio Registry affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the DocumentBuilderAccessor where DOCTYPE declarations are not disabled and FEATURE SECURE PROCESSING is not enabled. Although external DTD and schema access are...

GHSA-P5WC-9W9R-M232 Ultimate Sitemap Parser (USP): XML Entity Expansion (Billion Laughs) DoS in XMLSitemapParser

XML Entity Expansion Billion Laughs DoS in XMLSitemapParser Summary ultimate-sitemap-parser version 1.8.0 and earlier parse attacker-controlled XML content using Python's xml.parsers.expat without any restriction on DTD declarations or recursive entity references. An attacker who can serve a...

CVE-2026-45771

FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to version 1.11.0, FreeSWITCH's bundled XML parser expands nested declarations without a depth or count boun...

CVE-2026-45771

FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. Prior to version 1.11.0, FreeSWITCH's bundled XML parser expands nested declarations without a depth or count boun...

GHSA-4QPC-3HR4-R2P4 Symfony's YAML Parser Vulnerable to Exponential Memory Allocation via Recursive Collection-Alias Expansion ("Billion Laughs")

Description Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser resolves YAML aliases anchor during parsing. Aliases that reference collections arrays, stdClass, TaggedValue-wrapped collections can themselves point to other collections containing aliases, creating exponential expansion at resolution time. A small inpu...

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs 'XML Entity Expansion' via Recursive Collection-Alias Expansion "Billion Laughs". Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser resolves YAML aliases anchor during parsing. Aliases that...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in c3p0

C3P0 versions less than 0.9.5.4 may be exploited by a “billion laughs attack” when loading XML configuration, due to the lack of protections against recursive entity expansion during the loading of configuration files...

📄 CairoSVG Denial of Service

CairoSVG versions prior to 2.9.0 suffer from a recursive denial of service vulnerability. CVE-2026-31899: Exponential DoS via Recursive Element Amplification in CairoSVG Keywords: CVE-2026-31899, CairoSVG, exponential DoS, SVG bomb, recursive use element, denial of service, XML amplification,...

RHCOS 4 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.1.20 openshift (RHSA-2019:3132)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3132 advisory. - kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to Billion Laughs attack, allowing for remote denial of service CVE-2019-11253 Note that Nessus has not...

RHCOS 3 : OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 atomic-openshift (RHSA-2019:3905)

The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3905 advisory. - kubernetes: kubectl cp allows for arbitrary file write via double symlinks CVE-2019-11251 - kubernetes: YAML parsing vulnerable to...

CLSA-2026-1776440644 expat: Fix of 4 CVEs

CVE-2017-9233: fix external entity infinite loop in entityValueInitProcessor and entityValueProcessor - CVE-2023-52425: add reparse deferral heuristic to prevent On^2 parsing of large tokens in small buffer refills; fix buffer growth calculation - CVE-2013-0340: add billion laughs entity...

CLSA-2026-1776441769 expat: Fix of 4 CVEs

CVE-2017-9233: fix external entity infinite loop in entityValueInitProcessor and entityValueProcessor - CVE-2023-52425: add reparse deferral heuristic to prevent On^2 parsing of large tokens in small buffer refills; fix buffer growth calculation - CVE-2013-0340: add billion laughs entity...

CLSA-2026-1776441540 expat: Fix of 4 CVEs

CVE-2017-9233: fix external entity infinite loop in entityValueInitProcessor and entityValueProcessor - CVE-2023-52425: add reparse deferral heuristic to prevent On^2 parsing of large tokens in small buffer refills; fix buffer growth calculation - CVE-2013-0340: add billion laughs entity...

ruby: REXML billion laughs attack via parameter entity expansion

The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion XEE attack...

CVE-2026-29074 SVGO: DoS through entity expansion in DOCTYPE (Billion Laughs)

SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. From version 2.1.0 to before version 2.8.1, from version 3.0.0 to before version 3.3.3, and before version 4.0.1, SVGO accepts XML with custom entities, without guards against entity expansi...

CVE-2026-29074 SVGO: DoS through entity expansion in DOCTYPE (Billion Laughs)

SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. From version 2.1.0 to before version 2.8.1, from version 3.0.0 to before version 3.3.3, and before version 4.0.1, SVGO accepts XML with custom entities, without guards against entity expansi...