🛡️ CVE-2023-33460 on Alpine 3.18 (Root.io) — rootio-yajl

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

5.0

CVSS Score

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Description

CVE-2023-33460 in rootio-yajl - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2023-33460 in the rootio-yajl package for Root:Alpine:3.18. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-33460 as tracked by Alpine 3.18 (Root.io), for the package rootio-yajl. The fix is available in version 2.1.0-r60073; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-33460 is classified as CWE-401: Memory Leak. Allocated memory is never released, so long-running or repeated operations gradually exhaust it.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-ALPINE-318-CVE-2023-33460 is recorded against 1 package.

rootio-yajl (fixed in 2.1.0-r60073)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 March 2026 and last revised on 28 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2023-33460 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Alpine BellSoft Base record Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity MEDIUM

CVSS Score 5.0

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

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-03-29

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-07-28

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
rootio-yajl	—	2.1.0-r60073

References

N/A

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