| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
| com.charleskorn.kaml:kaml | < 0.53.0 | 0.53.0 |
| kaml | < 0.53.0 | 0.53.0 |
Applications that use kaml to parse untrusted input containing anchors and aliases may consume excessive memory and crash.
Version 0.53.0 and later default to refusing to parse YAML documents containing anchors and aliases.
None.
Wikipedia has an explanation of this class of vulnerability: billion laughs attack
Thank you to @gdude2002 for reporting this issue.
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