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CVE-2018-16848
OpenStack Mistral DoS
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | mistral | < 10.0.0 | 10.0.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Openstack-Mistral | through 7.0.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-443j-6p7g-6v4w
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16848
- https://github.com/openstack/mistral/commit/eac23d9e774f658f9d4743c99aa2743eb104c3f9
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mistral/PYSEC-2020-240.yaml