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Security advisory
Remarshal prior to v0.17.1 expands YAML alias nodes unlimitedly, hence Remarshal is vulnerable to Billion Laughs Attack. Processing untrusted YAML files may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-47163
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 22:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Remarshal prior to v0.17.1 expands YAML alias nodes unlimitedly, hence Remarshal is vulnerable to Billion Laughs Attack. Processing untrusted YAML files may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
osv:CVE-2023-47163
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47163",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2023-47163",
"summary": "Remarshal prior to v0.17.1 expands YAML alias nodes unlimitedly, hence Remarshal is vulnerable to Billion Laughs Attack. Processing untrusted YAML files may cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-47163",
"products": [],
"severity": "unknown",
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"GHSA-gw7g-qr8w-3448",
"PYSEC-2023-236"
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:24.127600034Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/remarshal-project/remarshal/releases/tag/v0.17.1",
"https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN86156389/",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/47xxx/CVE-2023-47163.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47163",
"https://github.com/remarshal-project/remarshal/commit/fd6ac799a02f533c3fc243b49cdd6d21aa7ee494"
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}
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 490455,
"published_at": "2023-11-13T02:26:42.658+00:00"
}