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Checkmate CVE-2026-55241

| EUVDEUVD-2026-64037 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-08-21 GitHub_M
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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7.5 HIGH

Public network endpoint, no credentials or interaction needed, impact is memory exhaustion affecting only availability with no scope change.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch available
Aug 21, 2026 - 19:02 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 21, 2026 - 18:31 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 21, 2026 - 18:31 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 21, 2026 - 17:57 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionCVE.org

Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. Prior to 3.9.1, the public POST /api/v1/auth/register route in server/src/api/routes/authRoutes.ts passes multipart profileImage uploads through in-memory Multer parsing before registration validation, without file-size, file-count, or MIME-type limits in server/src/api/middleware/upload.ts. An unauthenticated attacker can submit concurrent oversized files that are buffered before invalid registration or invite-token checks reject the request, exhausting memory and crashing or destabilizing the backend. This issue is fixed in version 3.9.1.

AnalysisAI

Remote memory exhaustion in Bluewave Labs Checkmate prior to version 3.9.1 allows unauthenticated network attackers to crash or destabilize the Node.js backend by submitting concurrent oversized multipart uploads to the public POST /api/v1/auth/register endpoint. The in-memory Multer parser buffers uploaded files before registration validation executes, meaning no file-size, file-count, or MIME-type boundary is enforced prior to business-logic rejection - allowing attacker-controlled allocations to exhaust server RAM. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation No authentication or prior account is required - POST /api/v1/auth/register is a fully public endpoint. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 High with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H accurately reflects the risk profile. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Upgrade to Checkmate v3.9.1, available at https://github.com/bluewave-labs/Checkmate/releases/tag/v3.9.1. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

Recommended ActionAI

Within 24 hours, identify all Checkmate deployments and implement strict request size limits (recommend maximum 5-10MB) and connection-level rate limiting on the /api/v1/auth/register POST endpoint to block multipart upload abuse. …

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