7.5

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

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-2251DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2251GHSA-f9xv-q969-pqx4
Published 24-04-2023Last modified 04-02-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2251 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncaught Exception vulnerability in eemeli eemeli/yaml. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 1
CGA-639X-PXM9-5VM7

Timeline

  1. 24-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.09% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (huntr.dev)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard1 product
  • semaphore< 2.18.12-r2
Debian1 product
  • node-yaml< 2.1.3-2
Eemeli1 product
Npm1 product
  • yaml≥ 2.0.0-5, < 2.2.2
Opensuse1 product
  • element-web&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.11.30-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-yamlAll versions (No fix recorded)
Yaml_project1 product
  • yaml≥ 2.0.0-5, < 2.2.2

7 vendors · 7 products

References

10 links