CVE-2018-16848

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	openstack-mistral	up to and including 7.0.3

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 15, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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