A vulnerability has been found in mikefarah yq up to 4.53.3. This affects the function Encode of the file pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties.go. Such manipulation leads to escaping of output. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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mikefarah yq affected
Version Status Constraints
4.53.0 affected —
4.53.1 affected —
4.53.2 affected —
4.53.3 affected —

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https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/2901 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/pull/2902 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-124987 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/1040562 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/433161 cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/433161/cti cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability has been found in mikefarah yq up to 4.53.3. This affects the function Encode of the file pkg/yqlib/encoder_properties.go. Such manipulation leads to escaping of output. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The pull request to fix this issue awaits acceptance.
Title mikefarah yq encoder_properties.go Encode escape output
First Time appeared Mikefarah
Mikefarah yq
Weaknesses CWE-116
CWE-74
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mikefarah:yq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mikefarah
Mikefarah yq
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T19:45:15.712Z

Reserved: 2026-11-09T15:26:38.906Z

Link: CVE-2026-124987

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-09T20:18:10.927

Modified: 2026-11-09T20:18:11.080

Link: CVE-2026-124987

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