CVE-2019-1010183 — serde serde_yaml 0

serde serde_yaml 0.6.0 to 0.8.3 is affected by: Uncontrolled Recursion. The impact is: Denial of service by aborting. The component is: from_* functions (all deserialization functions). The attack vector is: Parsing a malicious YAML file. The fixed version is: 0.8.4 and later.

01What is this vulnerability?

serde serde_yaml 0.6.0 to 0.8.3 is affected by: Uncontrolled Recursion. The impact is: Denial of service by aborting. The component is: from_* functions (all deserialization functions). The attack vector is: Parsing a malicious YAML file. The fixed version is: 0.8.4 and later.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
serde	serde_yaml	0.6.0 to 0.8.3 [fixed: 0.8.4 and later]

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-07-25T12:50:56.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T03:07:18.455Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/dtolnay/serde-yaml/pull/105