HIGH

CVE-2022-28948

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

4.0 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

gopkg.in/yaml.v3Goall versions · fixed in 3.0.0-20220521103104-8f96da9f5d5e

Vendor advisories

CVE-2022-28948 Red Hat Product Security8 products fixed · 4 known affected
golang-gopkg-yaml: crash when attempting to deserialize invalid input
ocs4/cephcsi-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 · ocs4/mcg-rhel8-operator as a component of Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 · ocs4/ocs-must-gather-rhel8 as a component of Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4
RHSA-2024:4631 Red Hat Product Security3 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.15.0 release
RHSA-2022:4985 Red Hat Product Security5 products fixed
Red Hat Security Advisory: Cryostat 2.1.1: new Cryostat on RHEL 8 container images

Full record on NVD

Description

An issue in the Unmarshal function in Go-Yaml v3 causes the program to crash when attempting to deserialize invalid input.

Technical details

Published: 2022-05-19

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28948?

An issue in the Unmarshal function in Go-Yaml v3 causes the program to crash when attempting to deserialize invalid input.

Is CVE-2022-28948 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28948 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.0% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-28948?

CVE-2022-28948 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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