CVE-2026-124987

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 61/100
Published: 2026-11-09 Modified: 2026-11-13 First seen: 2026-11-09 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Passive
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: Low

Description

A vulnerability has been found in mikefarah yq up to 4.53.3. This affects the function Encode of the file pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties.go. Such manipulation leads to escaping of output. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Affected Software (8)

VendorProductVersion
mikefarah yq 4.53.0
mikefarah yq 4.53.1
mikefarah yq 4.53.2
mikefarah yq 4.53.3
mikefarah yq 4.53.0
mikefarah yq 4.53.1
mikefarah yq 4.53.2
mikefarah yq 4.53.3

References & Advisories (7)

https://vuldb.com/vuln/433161
vdb-entry technical-description
https://vuldb.com/submit/1040562
third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/vuln/433161/cti
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Bug Bounty Relevance

61 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.24%
Raw Score 0.002440
Percentile 15.8%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00244
2026-11-12
0.00244
2026-11-10
0.00244

Intelligence Sources

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