CVE-2018-16848
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-443j-6p7g-6v4wOpenStack Mistral DoS2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.
- PYSEC-2020-2402020-06-15vendor · osvUS
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16848cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16848cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenStack-Mistral-overload-via-Workflow-Definition-YAML-File-46978cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657Third Party Advisorynvd
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