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Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 7, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-39194

CVE-2021-39194

Description

kaml is an open source implementation of the YAML format with support for kotlinx.serialization. In affected versions attackers that could provide arbitrary YAML input to an application that uses kaml could cause the application to endlessly loop while parsing the input. This could result in resource starvation and denial of service. This only affects applications that use polymorphic serialization with the default tagged polymorphism style. Applications using the property polymorphism style are not affected. YAML input for a polymorphic type that provided a tag but no value for the object would trigger the issue. Version 0.35.3 or later contain the fix for this issue.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
com.charleskorn.kaml:kamlMaven
< 0.35.30.35.3

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Patches

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