Melange
CVE-2026-29049
MEDIUM
GHSA-7rp8-r62p-q6wc
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS 4.3 (MEDIUM). Attack vector: Network. Complexity: Low. Privileges required: None. User interaction: Required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 12, 2026
Melange versions 0.40.5 and earlier are vulnerable to disk exhaustion when the update-cache function downloads files from attacker-controlled URIs without enforcing size limits or timeouts. An attacker can craft a malicious melange configuration file to trigger unbounded disk writes on build systems, consuming all available storage and denying service to legitimate builds. No patch is currently available.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. In version 0.40.5 and prior, melange update-cache downloads URIs from build configs via io.Copy without any size limit or HTTP client timeout (pkg/renovate/cache/cache.go). [CVSS 4.3 MEDIUM]
RemediationAI
Monitor vendor advisories for a patch. Restrict network access to the affected service where possible.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). Affects Melange. melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. In version 0.40.5 and prior, melange update-cache downloads URIs from build configs via io.Copy without any size limit or HTTP client timeout (pkg/renovate/cache/cache.go). An attacker-controlled URI in a melange config can cause unbounded disk writes, exhausting disk on the build runne. There is no known patch publicly available.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Primary rating from Vendor (github).
CVSS VectorVendor: github
DescriptionCVE.org
melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. In version 0.40.5 and prior, melange update-cache downloads URIs from build configs via io.Copy without any size limit or HTTP client timeout (pkg/renovate/cache/cache.go). An attacker-controlled URI in a melange config can cause unbounded disk writes, exhausting disk on the build runne. There is no known patch publicly available.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using melange should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2026-29049, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 4.3. Service availability could be impacted. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement rate limiting and resource quotas.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Melange versions 0.11.3 through 0.40.2 suffer from a path traversal vulnerability in the retrieveWorkspace function that
melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. [CVSS 7.9 HIGH]
Melange versions 0.10.0 through 0.40.2 allow unauthenticated command injection through the patch pipeline, enabling atta
Melange versions 0.14.0 through 0.40.2 allow local attackers with configuration file control to read arbitrary files fro
Same weakness CWE-400 – Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
View allSame technique Denial Of Service
View allVendor StatusVendor
SUSE
Severity: Medium| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Fixed |
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