Name: CVE-2018-16848: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-16848, CWE-400, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00286

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mistral	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 15, 2020
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade python-mistral-lib (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-mistral (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade mistral-api (Ubuntu Pro)	Apr 29, 2025	Jun 15, 2020

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CVSS Details

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