CVE-2026-59868

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 75/100
Published: 2026-07-08 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

js-yaml is a JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. From 5.0.0 before 5.2.0, when merge keys are enabled, 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 version 5.2.0.

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
nodeca js-yaml 5.0.0 – 5.2.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

75 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.64%
Raw Score 0.006440
Percentile 50.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00644
2026-10-28
0.00644

Intelligence Sources

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