CVE-2026-59869
HIGHDescription
js-yaml is a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. From 3.0.0 before 3.15.0 and from 4.0.0 before 4.3.0, js-yaml can spend quadratic CPU time parsing a document whose size grows only linearly when a chain of mappings uses merge keys where each mapping merges the previous one. This issue is fixed in versions 3.15.0 and 4.3.0.
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nodeca | js-yaml |
| nodeca | js-yaml |
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