CVE-2024-10846 Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop when unmarshalling Compose file having recursive loop
An attacker can cause excessive memory and CPU consumption in the compose-go library by sending malicious YAML payloads with recursive loops.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-10846?
CVE-2024-10846 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in compose-spec compose-go, published on 23 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The compose-go library component in versions v2.10-v2.4.0 allows an authorized user who sends malicious YAML payloads to cause the compose-go to consume excessive amount of Memory and CPU cycles while parsing YAML, such as used by Docker Compose from versions v2.27.0 to v2.29.7 included
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10846?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 Go | From 2.1.0 | 2.4.1 |
github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 Go | From 2.1.0 | 2.4.1 |
github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 Go | From 2.1.0 | 2.4.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-10846?
Upgrade github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 to 2.4.1 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-10846 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10846 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-55947, GHSA-36gq-35j3-p9r9, GO-2025-3412, MINI-6m36-69wc-qj23.