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.
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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.
Title js-yaml: YAML merge-key chains can force quadratic CPU consumption
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-08T15:18:19.422Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:41:53.607Z

Link: CVE-2026-59868

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Updated: 2026-07-08T16:45:03Z