CVE-2026-33320 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-33320: Dasel has unbounded YAML alias expansion in dasel leads to CPU/memory denial of service

Vendor Tomwright
Product dasel
Weakness CWE-674
Published March 24, 2026
Last update March 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.2/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Dasel is a command-line tool and library for querying, modifying, and transforming data structures. Starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to version 3.3.1, Dasel's YAML reader allows an attacker who can supply YAML for processing to trigger extreme CPU and memory consumption. The issue is in the library's own `UnmarshalYAML` implementation, which manually resolves alias nodes by recursively following `yaml.Node.Alias` pointers without any expansion budget, bypassing go-yaml v4's built-in alias expansion limit. Version 3.3.2 contains a patch for the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 24, 2026 CVE published
March 26, 2026 Record updated