CVE-2023-2251 (GCVE-0-2023-2251)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-04 17:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Uncaught Exception in eemeli/yaml
Summary
Uncaught Exception in GitHub repository eemeli/yaml prior to 2.0.0-5.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-04 17:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-248 - Uncaught Exception
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eemeli | eemeli/yaml |
Affected:
unspecified , < 2.0.0-5
(custom)
|
guessed |
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