CVE-2023-2251 | Uncaught Exception in eemeli/yaml

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Uncaught Exception in GitHub repository eemeli/yaml prior to 2.0.0-5.

Published: 2023-04-24 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-2251 is rated High Exploit Risk (69/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2251

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2251

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-12 0.48% 0.56% +0.08%
2 2026-03-04 0.20% 0.48% +0.28%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-2251

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-2251

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-2251

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-2251

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2023-2251 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-yaml), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2251
suse high CVE-2023-2251 severity important: SUSE including 11 source package names (cockpit, cockpit-bridge, …), 30 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2, … (5 product lines)): Known Not Affected 29, Fixed 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2251/
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-2251 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-yaml), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 5, not-affected 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2251

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-2251

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yaml_project yaml >= 2.0.0-5, < 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:yaml_project:yaml:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2023-2251

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