Denial of Service
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
How It Works
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions. Attackers exploit asymmetry: minimal attacker effort produces disproportionate resource consumption on the target. Application-level attacks use specially crafted inputs that trigger expensive operations—a regex engine processing malicious patterns can backtrack exponentially, or XML parsers recursively expand entities until memory exhausts. Network-level attacks flood targets with connection requests or amplify traffic through reflection, but application vulnerabilities often provide the most efficient attack surface.
The attack typically begins with reconnaissance to identify resource-intensive operations or unprotected endpoints. For algorithmic complexity attacks, adversaries craft inputs hitting worst-case performance—hash collision inputs filling hash tables with collisions, deeply nested JSON triggering recursive parsing, or pathological regex patterns like (a+)+b against strings of repeated 'a' characters. Resource exhaustion attacks open thousands of connections, upload massive files to unbounded storage, or trigger memory leaks through repeated operations. Crash-based attacks target error handling gaps: null pointer dereferences, unhandled exceptions in parsers, or assertion failures that terminate processes.
Impact
- Service unavailability preventing legitimate users from accessing applications during attack duration
- Revenue loss from downtime in e-commerce, SaaS platforms, or transaction processing systems
- Cascading failures as resource exhaustion spreads to dependent services or database connections pool out
- SLA violations triggering financial penalties and damaging customer trust
- Security team distraction providing cover for data exfiltration or intrusion attempts running concurrently
Real-World Examples
CVE-2018-1000544 in Ruby's WEBrick server allowed ReDoS through malicious HTTP headers containing specially crafted patterns that caused the regex engine to backtrack exponentially, freezing request processing threads. A single attacker could saturate all available workers.
Cloudflare experienced a global outage in 2019 when a single WAF rule containing an unoptimized regex hit pathological cases on legitimate traffic spikes. The .*(?:.*=.*)* pattern exhibited catastrophic backtracking, consuming CPU cycles across their edge network until the rule was disabled.
CVE-2013-1664 demonstrated XML bomb vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. Attackers uploaded XML documents with nested entity definitions-each entity expanding to ten copies of the previous level. A 1KB upload could expand to gigabytes in memory during parsing, crashing applications instantly.
Mitigation
- Strict input validation enforcing size limits, complexity bounds, and nesting depth restrictions before processing
- Request rate limiting per IP address, API key, or user session with exponential backoff
- Timeout enforcement terminating operations exceeding reasonable execution windows (typically 1-5 seconds)
- Resource quotas limiting memory allocation, CPU time, and connection counts per request or tenant
- Regex complexity analysis using linear-time algorithms or sanitizing patterns to eliminate backtracking
- Circuit breakers automatically rejecting requests when error rates or latency thresholds indicate degradation
- Load balancing and autoscaling distributing traffic across instances with automatic capacity expansion
Recent CVEs (39897)
Remote unauthenticated denial-of-service in SoftEther VPN Developer Edition 5.2.5188 and earlier allows attackers to crash the vpnserver process and terminate all active VPN sessions by sending a single malformed EAP-TLS packet over raw L2TP (UDP port 1701). This pre-authentication vulnerability requires no privileges or user interaction (CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), enabling trivial service disruption. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack mechanism is well-documented in vendor advisory GHSA-q5g3-qhc6-pr3h.
Remote denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server versions prior to r26.02 allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server by sending malformed HTTP request headers over the network. The vulnerability scores 7.5 (High) with maximum availability impact, requires no authentication or user interaction, and has low attack complexity. EPSS and KEV data not provided; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Remote denial of service in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server (all versions prior to r26.02) allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server via malformed requests. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 with network-accessible attack vector and low complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction. EPSS data not provided; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The issue stems from improper conversion between numeric types (CWE-681), enabling trivial service disruption for ML inference workloads.
Integer overflow in NVIDIA Triton Inference Server allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the server through malformed requests, causing denial of service. All versions prior to r26.02 are affected. CVSS 7.5 (High) with network attack vector, low complexity, and no authentication required. EPSS and KEV data not provided; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Organizations running Triton Inference Server for ML model deployment should prioritize patching to prevent service disruption.
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server crashes when processing inference requests with insufficient input validation combined with large output counts, enabling remote denial of service without authentication (CVSS 7.5, EPSS data not available). The vulnerability affects all versions prior to r26.02, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this flaw with low complexity (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) to completely disrupt machine learning inference services.
Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in the Addressable Ruby library versions 2.3.0 through 2.8.x allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause application-level denial of service through maliciously crafted URIs that trigger catastrophic backtracking in URI template expansion. The vulnerability affects URI templates using explode modifiers (e.g., {foo*}, {+var*}) and multi-variable templates with + or # operators (e.g., {+v1,v2,v3}), generating O(2^n) and O(n^k) complexity regex patterns respectively. EPSS exploitation probability and KEV status data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Vendor-released patch: version 2.9.0.
Denial of service in Gotenberg API (≤8.29.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to indefinitely hang worker processes via malicious regular expression patterns. The vulnerability stems from missing timeout enforcement in the dlclark/regexp2 library when compiling user-supplied scope patterns, enabling catastrophic backtracking attacks (CWE-1333). With CVSS 4.0 score 8.7 and high availability impact (VA:H), this represents significant service disruption risk. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack vector is network-accessible without authentication (AV:N/PR:N).
Unbounded memory consumption in Django ASGI applications allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE protections via malformed Content-Length headers, leading to denial of service. Affects Django 6.0 before 6.0.4, 5.2 before 5.2.13, and 4.2 before 4.2.30. CVSS 7.5 (High) with network-accessible, low-complexity attack vector requiring no privileges. EPSS data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Vendor patches released April 2026 across all affected major branches.
Path traversal in mintplex-labs/anything-llm (versions ≤1.9.1) allows authenticated administrators to read or delete arbitrary JSON files on the server, bypassing directory restrictions in the AgentFlows component. Exploitation requires high privileges (administrator access) but achieves cross-scope impact including leaking sensitive API keys from configuration files or destroying critical package.json files. Fixed in version 1.12.1. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though technical details are disclosed via Huntr bounty platform.
HTTP request smuggling and denial of service in Tinyproxy through 1.11.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause backend worker exhaustion and bypass request inspection controls. The vulnerability stems from case-sensitive Transfer-Encoding header parsing that violates RFC 7230, enabling attackers to send 'Transfer-Encoding: Chunked' (capitalized) to desynchronize Tinyproxy's request state from RFC-compliant backends like Node.js and Nginx. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though EPSS data not available and technical details are publicly documented in GitHub issue #604. Authentication requirements not confirmed from available data, but CVSS vector indicates network-accessible attack requiring no privileges.
Unauthenticated denial-of-service in Strawberry GraphQL WebSocket handlers allows remote attackers to crash Python servers via subscription flooding. The vulnerability affects both graphql-transport-ws and legacy graphql-ws protocol implementations, which fail to enforce per-connection subscription limits. An attacker can exhaust server memory and saturate the asyncio event loop by sending unlimited subscribe messages over a single WebSocket connection, leading to service degradation or out-of-memory crashes. EPSS data not available for this recent CVE; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though exploitation is trivial given the low attack complexity (CVSS AC:L) and lack of authentication requirement (PR:N).
Unaligned memory write in OpenEXR DWA decoder causes immediate crashes on ARM/RISC-V architectures and enables potential exploitation on x86 systems via compiler optimization abuse. Affects OpenEXR versions 3.2.0-3.2.6, 3.3.0-3.3.8, and 3.4.0-3.4.8 when processing DWA/DWAB-compressed EXR files with FLOAT-type channels. Remote attackers can trigger this by convincing users to open malicious EXR files (CVSS 7.1, AV:N/PR:N/UI:R). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the technical details are fully disclosed in the GitHub security advisory.
Unbounded HTTP redirect following in Fedify's ActivityPub document loaders enables resource exhaustion attacks. Remote unauthenticated attackers can trigger denial of service by controlling ActivityPub key or actor URLs that redirect indefinitely, forcing affected servers (Fedify versions before 1.9.6, 1.10.5, 2.0.8, and 2.1.1) to make repeated outbound requests from a single inbound request. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack vector is straightforward given the low complexity (CVSS AC:L). CVSS base score 7.5 (High) reflects network-reachable, unauthenticated access with high availability impact.
AMF daemon in OpenAirInterface V2.2.0 crashes upon receipt of malformed NGAP control-plane messages containing mismatched procedure codes or PDU type violations (e.g., successfulOutcome where InitiatingMessage is required). Remote attackers can trigger denial of service without authentication (CVSS AV:N/PR:N), exploiting improper input validation (CWE-20) in 5G core network signaling. Publicly available exploit code exists, SSVC framework classifies as automatable with partial technical impact, and EPSS data not provided but attack simplicity (AC:L) indicates low barrier to exploitation.
Memory exhaustion in libp2p-rendezvous allows unauthenticated attackers to cause denial-of-service via unbounded pagination cookie storage. Remote attackers can repeatedly send protocol-compliant DISCOVER requests to force unlimited HashMap growth without authentication or rate limiting. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though proof-of-concept exists in maintainer-controlled fork. EPSS data not available for this newly-assigned CVE; CVSS 8.2 reflects high availability impact with low attack complexity.
Unbounded namespace registration in libp2p-rendezvous allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger out-of-memory conditions on rendezvous servers. The Rust implementation accepts unlimited unique namespace registrations per peer with 72-hour TTLs, enabling resource exhaustion via repeated REGISTER messages. Confirmed publicly available exploit code exists. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects network accessibility and lack of authentication barriers, while the straightforward attack vector (simple loop of registration requests) presents immediate risk to public rendezvous nodes critical for peer discovery in libp2p networks.
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in @hapi/content npm package versions through 6.0.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash Node.js processes via a single HTTP request containing maliciously crafted Content-Type or Content-Disposition header values. Three regular expressions used for header parsing contain catastrophic backtracking patterns that can consume unbounded CPU resources. Vendor-released patch available via GitHub (PR #38). No public exploit code identified at time of analysis, though the attack vector is straightforward for any attacker with HTTP request capabilities.
Thread exhaustion in Mesop WebSocket handler (pkg:pip/mesop) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash applications via message flooding. The framework spawns unbounded OS threads for each received WebSocket message without rate limiting or pooling, enabling complete denial of service with minimal bandwidth. CVSS 7.5 (High). Publicly available exploit code exists. EPSS data not provided, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) and zero authentication requirement (PR:N) combined with working proof-of-concept significantly elevate real-world exploitation risk. Vendor-released patch available in version 1.2.5 (commit 760a207).
Resource exhaustion in Amazon Athena ODBC driver versions prior to 2.1.0.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service through maliciously crafted input that overwhelms parsing logic. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects network-accessible attack vector with low complexity and no prerequisites. EPSS data not provided, but no public exploit or CISA KEV listing identified at time of analysis. Amazon has released patches for Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms.
MLflow's FastAPI job endpoints bypass basic-auth entirely, allowing network attackers to submit and execute jobs without credentials (CVSS 9.8, CWE-306). Affects mlflow/mlflow latest version when MLFLOW_SERVER_ENABLE_JOB_EXECUTION=true and job functions are allowlisted. Public POC exists per SSVC framework. EPSS score of 0.20% (42nd percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability despite critical CVSS, suggesting targeted rather than widespread risk. Vendor-released patch not confirmed at time of analysis - remediation relies on configuration changes and service hardening.
Email flooding denial of service in Budibase prior to version 3.23.25 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwhelm user inboxes by repeatedly triggering password reset requests without rate limiting, CAPTCHA, or abuse prevention controls. An attacker can send hundreds of password reset emails to a target address in a short time window, causing user harassment, inbox denial of service, and potential reputational damage. This vulnerability has been patched in version 3.23.25.
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel NFSD export cache cleanup allows local denial of service when RCU readers in e_show() and c_show() concurrently access export path and client name objects while cache_clean removes entries and drops the last reference prematurely. The vulnerability stems from path_put() and auth_domain_put() executing before the RCU grace period completes, freeing sub-objects still in use by readers. A fix has been merged upstream that defers these cleanup operations to a dedicated workqueue after the RCU grace period, ensuring safe resource release in process context where sleeping is permitted.
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel's nvdimm/bus subsystem allows local privileged users to potentially trigger memory corruption when device_add() fails during nd_async_device_register() asynchronous initialization. The flaw stems from the parent device reference being dropped before the parent pointer is accessed on allocation failure paths. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.02%.
Linux kernel mm/rmap subsystem fails to correctly preserve page table entry attributes (writable and soft-dirty bits) when batching unmap operations on lazyfree folios, causing kernel panic via page table check violation when a large folio with mixed writable/non-writable PTEs is unmapped across multiple processes. The vulnerability affects all Linux kernel versions with the vulnerable folio_unmap_pte_batch() code path and can be triggered by local attackers through a specific sequence of memory management syscalls (MADV_DONTFORK, fork(), MADV_DOFORK, MADV_FREE, and memory reclaim), resulting in denial of service via kernel crash.
Linux kernel memory management allows installation of PMD entries pointing to non-existent physical memory or causes NULL pointer dereferences in move_pages_huge_pmd() when handling huge zero page migrations via UFFDIO_MOVE. The vulnerability occurs because the function incorrectly handles NULL folio pointers for huge zero pages, either producing bogus page frame numbers on SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP systems or dereferencing NULL on other memory models. Additionally, destination PMD entries lose special mapping metadata (pmd_special flag), causing subsequent page reference counting corruption. No CVSS score is available; no active exploitation reported.
Use-after-free in Linux kernel MANA hardware channel teardown (net/mana driver) allows concurrent interrupt handlers to dereference freed memory in mana_hwc_destroy_channel(), potentially causing NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption. The vulnerability stems from improper teardown ordering where hwc->caller_ctx is freed before CQ/EQ IRQ handlers are fully synchronized, affecting all Linux kernel versions with the MANA driver. Fixes are available across stable kernel branches via upstream commit reordering.
Infinite loop in Linux kernel bonding device header parsing allows local denial of service when two bonding devices are stacked. The bond_header_parse() function can recurse indefinitely because skb->dev always points to the top of the device hierarchy. The fix adds a bounded recursion parameter to the header_ops parse() method to ensure the leaf parse method is called and prevent endless loops. This vulnerability affects all Linux kernel versions with the vulnerable bonding code and requires local access to trigger.
NULL dereference and use-after-free in the Linux kernel's SMC (Shared Memory Communications) socket implementation occur when smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock() races with socket close operations, allowing a local attacker to trigger a kernel panic via concurrent manipulation of TCP SYN handling and SMC listen socket closure. The vulnerability affects the Linux kernel across multiple versions via the net/smc subsystem and is addressed through RCU-protected access and refcount validation rather than lock-based serialization.
Double-free memory corruption in the Linux kernel's TEQL (Trivial Link Equalizer) qdisc implementation allows local attackers to cause kernel crashes via denial of service. The vulnerability occurs when qdisc_reset is called without proper synchronization on lockless Qdisc root configurations, creating a race condition that results in use-after-free and double-free conditions in packet buffer management. This affects all Linux kernel versions with the vulnerable TEQL code path and requires local access to trigger via specially crafted packet scheduling operations.
Unauthenticated server-side request forgery in Ech0's link preview endpoint allows remote attackers to force the application server to perform HTTP/HTTPS requests to arbitrary internal and external targets. The /api/website/title route requires no authentication, performs no URL validation, follows redirects by default, and disables TLS certificate verification (InsecureSkipVerify: true). Attackers can probe internal networks, access cloud metadata services (169.254.169.254), and trigger denial-
Denial of service via panic in go-jose library (versions prior to v4.1.4 and v3.0.5) occurs when decrypting malformed JSON Web Encryption (JWE) objects that specify a key wrapping algorithm (e.g., RSA-OAEP-KW, ECDH-ES+A128KW) but contain an empty encrypted_key field. The panic is triggered during slice allocation in cipher.KeyUnwrap() when processing ciphertext under 16 bytes, causing immediate application termination. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though EPSS score of 0.0004
Unbounded disk consumption in Rack's multipart parser allows remote denial of service when HTTP requests lack Content-Length headers. Rack versions prior to 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6 fail to enforce size limits on multipart/form-data uploads sent via chunked transfer encoding, enabling unauthenticated attackers to exhaust disk space by streaming arbitrarily large file uploads. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects the network-accessible, low-complexity attack requiring no privileges. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack technique is well-understood.
Denial of service in Rack versions prior to 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to consume disproportionate CPU, memory, I/O, and bandwidth by supplying many small overlapping byte ranges in HTTP Range headers, bypassing the existing CVE-2024-26141 fix that only validates total byte coverage. The vulnerability affects Rack's file-serving paths that process multipart byte range responses, enabling attackers to degrade service availability with minimal request complexity.
Denial of service in Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding allows unauthenticated remote attackers to consume disproportionate CPU resources via a crafted Accept-Encoding header containing multiple wildcard entries, affecting Rack versions prior to 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6. The vulnerability exploits quadratic time complexity in the encoding selection algorithm used by Rack::Deflater middleware, enabling a single HTTP request to trigger sustained CPU exhaustion and application unavailability.
Denial of service via algorithmic complexity in Rack multipart parser allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust CPU resources by sending specially crafted multipart/form-data requests with backslash-heavy escaped parameter values. Affects Rack 3.0.0.beta1-3.1.20 and 3.2.0-3.2.5, a critical Ruby web server interface used across Rails and Sinatra applications. CVSS 7.5 (High) with network-accessible attack vector and low complexity. Vendor-released patches available in versions 3.1.21 and 3.2.6. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though EPSS data not provided to assess probability of exploitation.
Memory exhaustion in Suricata network IDS/IPS via HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frame flooding allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial of service, typically forcing operating system termination of the Suricata process. Affects all versions prior to 7.0.15 and 8.0.4. EPSS data not available, but CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects network-accessible attack with low complexity requiring no privileges. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack technique (HTTP/2 frame flooding) is well-documented in protocol security research.
NULL pointer dereference in Suricata 8.0.0 through 8.0.3 causes denial of service when processing malformed TLS traffic with the 'tls.alpn' rule keyword. Remote unauthenticated attackers can crash the IDS/IPS engine by sending specially crafted network packets, completely disabling network security monitoring. EPSS data not available, but the low attack complexity (AC:L) and network vector (AV:N) combined with high availability impact (A:H) indicate significant operational risk for organizations relying on Suricata for traffic inspection. No evidence of active exploitation (no CISA KEV listing) or public exploit code identified at time of analysis.
Denial of Service in Red Hat Build of Keycloak allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust server resources by submitting specially crafted POST requests with excessively long scope parameters to the OpenID Connect token endpoint. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but CVSS 7.5 (High) with network attack vector and low complexity indicates straightforward exploitation. Authentication requirements: unauthenticated (CVSS PR:N). The vulnerability stems from improper resource management (CWE-1050), enabling attackers to cause prolonged processing times and service disruption without any authentication or user interaction.
Denial of service in gleam-wisp wisp 0.2.0 through 2.2.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust server memory or disk by sending arbitrarily large multipart form submissions that bypass configured size limits. The multipart_body and multipart_headers parsing functions fail to properly decrement resource quotas for chunks lacking multipart boundaries, enabling attackers to accumulate unbounded data in a single HTTP request. Patch available as of version 2.2.2.
Denial of service in PraisonAI's MCPToolIndex.search_tools() allows authenticated remote attackers to block the Python thread for hundreds of seconds via a crafted regular expression causing catastrophic backtracking. The vulnerable function compiles caller-supplied query strings directly as regex patterns without validation, timeout, or exception handling. A single malicious request can sustain complete service outage, and the MCP server HTTP transport runs without authentication by default, significantly lowering the practical barrier to exploitation despite the CVSS requiring PR:L.
Haraka email server crashes when processing emails with `__proto__` as a header name, enabling remote unauthenticated denial of service. Attackers can send a specially crafted email via SMTP to crash worker processes, disrupting email delivery. In single-process deployments, the entire server becomes unavailable; in cluster mode, all active sessions are terminated. No public exploit identified at time of analysis beyond the published proof-of-concept code, though exploitation requires only basic SMTP access.
Remote code execution in OpenSTAManager v2.10.1 and earlier allows authenticated attackers to achieve unauthenticated RCE via chained exploitation of arbitrary SQL injection (GHSA-2fr7-cc4f-wh98) and insecure PHP deserialization in the oauth2.php endpoint. The unauthenticated oauth2.php file calls unserialize() on attacker-controlled database content without class restrictions, enabling gadget chain exploitation (Laravel/RCE22) to execute arbitrary system commands as www-data. Attack requires in
Time-based blind SQL injection in OpenSTAManager ≤2.10.1 allows authenticated users to extract complete database contents including credentials, financial records, and PII through multiple AJAX select handlers. The vulnerability affects three core modules (preventivi, ordini, contratti) where the `options[stato]` GET parameter is concatenated directly into SQL WHERE clauses without validation. Exploitation requires only low-privilege authentication (CVSS PR:L) and has been confirmed with working
Remote denial of service via integer overflow in Corosync cluster engine affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7-10 and OpenShift Container Platform 4. Unauthenticated attackers can send crafted UDP packets to crash Corosync services running in totemudp/totemudpu mode (CVSS 7.5, AV:N/PR:N). EPSS data not provided; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Impacts high-availability cluster deployments where Corosync provides quorum and messaging services.
Out-of-bounds read in Corosync allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash cluster nodes and potentially leak memory via malformed UDP packets. Affects default totemudp/totemudpu configurations across Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9/10 and OpenShift Container Platform 4. CVSS 8.2 (High) with network attack vector, low complexity, and no authentication required. EPSS and exploitation status data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Impacts high-availability clustering infrastructure commonly used in enterprise production environments.
Use-after-free in Linux kernel AppArmor allows local authenticated attackers to achieve high-impact code execution, privilege escalation, or denial of service via race condition on rawdata inode dereference. Affects kernel 4.13+ including current LTS branches. Patches available for 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.18, 6.19.8, and 7.0-rc4. EPSS score is low (0.02%) with no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but Ubuntu rated this priority=high affecting 729 releases.
Use-after-free in Chrome's compositing engine allows remote attackers who have compromised the renderer process to escape the sandbox via crafted HTML pages in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.178. This high-severity vulnerability requires prior renderer compromise but enables privilege escalation from the sandboxed renderer to system-level access, making it a critical sandbox bypass vector. Vendor-released patch addresses the issue in Chrome 146.0.7680.178 and later.
Use-after-free in Google Chrome's Navigation component prior to version 146.0.7680.178 enables sandbox escape for attackers who have already compromised the renderer process, allowing them to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a malicious HTML page. Chromium rates this as high severity; patch availability confirmed from vendor.
Use-after-free in Chrome's WebView on Android prior to version 146.0.7680.178 allows a remote attacker with a compromised renderer process to escape the sandbox via crafted HTML, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution outside the browser's security boundary. This vulnerability requires prior renderer compromise but eliminates a critical containment layer, classified as High severity by Chromium.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.178 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the Chrome sandbox via a specially crafted PDF file. The vulnerability exists in Chrome's PDF handling component and is caused by a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. Patch availability has been confirmed via vendor release, and the Chromium security team has classified this as High severity.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.178 via use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn graphics library allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability affects all Chrome versions below the patched release and carries high severity per Chromium's assessment.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.178 via use-after-free vulnerability in WebGL allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by delivering a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is marked as High severity by Chromium security and a vendor-released patch is available.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 via use-after-free vulnerability in Dawn graphics subsystem allows an attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code through a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability requires prior renderer compromise but presents significant risk in multi-process exploitation chains; vendor has released patched version 146.0.7680.178 to address the issue.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.178 via a use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn graphics component allows attackers who have already compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code through a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability requires prior renderer compromise but results in full code execution with high severity per Chromium's security classification.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code within the Chrome sandbox via a crafted HTML page exploiting a use-after-free vulnerability in the WebCodecs component. The vulnerability affects all versions before the patched release and has been addressed by Google with a vendor-released patch; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at the time of analysis.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on Android via use-after-free vulnerability in Web MIDI allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability affects Chrome versions prior to 146.0.7680.178 and carries high severity per Chromium's security classification. A vendor-released patch is available.
BEAM VM atom table exhaustion in Ash Framework's Module type allows remote denial-of-service against Elixir applications. The ash package (all versions prior to v3.22.0) unconditionally creates Erlang atoms from user-supplied strings in Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 before validation, enabling attackers to crash the entire VM by submitting ~1 million unique 'Elixir.*' strings to any API endpoint with :module-typed attributes. Vendor patch released in commit 7031103 (v3.22.0). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the advisory provides detailed proof-of-concept code demonstrating trivial exploitation via repeated API requests.
Buffer overflow in TOTOlink A3600R v5.9c.4959 setAppEasyWizardConfig interface allows remote code execution or denial of service via unvalidated rootSsid parameter in /lib/cste_modules/app.so. The vulnerability affects a Wi-Fi router's configuration endpoint and enables unauthenticated attackers to trigger memory corruption with potential for arbitrary code execution. No CVSS vector or patch status was available at time of analysis.
NULL pointer dereference in Mbed TLS distinguished name (X.509) parsing allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by writing to address 0, affecting Mbed TLS versions 3.6.5 and earlier, and 4.0.0. The vulnerability is reachable during X.509 certificate processing and does not require authentication. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at the time of analysis.
Deserialization of untrusted data in NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause denial of service, disclose sensitive information, or tamper with data when users open malicious files. CVSS 7.8 (High) reflects local attack vector requiring user interaction. EPSS data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Affects NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework, a platform for AI-driven drug discovery and biomolecular research.
Insecure deserialization in NVIDIA BioNeMo Framework enables remote code execution when attackers can induce users to process malicious serialized data. This vulnerability (CWE-502) affects the BioNeMo Framework with network-reachable attack surface (AV:N) and low complexity (AC:L), requiring only user interaction (UI:R) but no authentication (PR:N). The CVSS 8.8 rating reflects critical impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the deserialization vulnerability class is well-understood and commonly exploited. EPSS data not available for this CVE.
NVIDIA Jetson system initialization flaw allows authenticated remote attackers to exploit insecure default machine IDs, enabling cross-device information disclosure of encrypted data and tampering. Affects JetPack on Xavier and Orin series devices. CVSS 8.3 (High) with network attack vector and low complexity. EPSS data not available; no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV status not present). The vulnerability enables attackers with low-level privileges to compromise multiple devices sharing identical default machine identifiers, undermining cryptographic protections and system integrity across the device fleet.
DNSdist instances using custom Lua code can be crashed via denial of service when the DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions method accesses a modified DNS packet, triggering a use-after-free condition. This affects DNSdist across all versions and requires network access to send crafted DNS queries, but the attack demands specific Lua code patterns and high attack complexity; no public exploit or active exploitation has been confirmed, and the real-world impact is limited to environments where custom Lua DNS query handlers reference EDNS options.
DNSdist fails to validate packet size bounds when rewriting DNS questions or responses via Lua methods (DNSQuestion:changeName, DNSResponse:changeName), allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to craft DNS responses that trigger out-of-bounds writes and exceed the 65535-byte DNS packet size limit, resulting in denial of service via crash. CVSS 5.9 (high availability impact); no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.
Memory exhaustion in DNSdist allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial of service by crafting malicious DNS over QUIC or DNS over HTTP/3 payloads that force excessive memory allocation. The attack causes the QUIC connection to close abnormally, and in systems with limited memory reserves, can force out-of-memory conditions that terminate the DNSdist process entirely.
Out-of-bounds read in PowerDNS dnsdist allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service or potential information disclosure by sending a crafted DNS response packet when custom Lua code uses the newDNSPacketOverlay function to parse packets. CVSS 5.3 indicates moderate severity with network-accessible attack surface and no privilege or user interaction required.
Heap-based buffer overflow in gdk-pixbuf's JPEG image loader enables remote denial of service through malformed JPEG images without user interaction. The vulnerability triggers during automated image processing operations like thumbnail generation across Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10, allowing unauthenticated network attackers to crash applications that process JPEG images. EPSS score of 0.09% (25th percentile) suggests low observed exploitation activity, consistent with SSVC assessment showing no active exploitation despite the vulnerability being fully automatable.
Uncaught TypeError in Node.js HTTP server crashes applications when clients send specially crafted `__proto__` headers and code accesses `req.headersDistinct`. The exception occurs synchronously in a property getter, bypassing standard error handling mechanisms and causing immediate service disruption. Affects Node.js versions 20.x, 22.x, 24.x, and 25.x with CVSS 7.5 (High). EPSS data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though exploitation requires only sending a malformed HTTP header with no authentication (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N).
Remote denial of service in GNU C Library (glibc) 2.43 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash applications via malformed input during character set conversion from IBM1390 or IBM1399 encodings. The vulnerability triggers an assertion failure in the iconv() function with high attack reliability (CVSS 7.5, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Proof-of-concept code exists and CISA SSVC assessment confirms the issue is automatable with partial technical impact, making this a practical denial-of-service vector for any networked application processing untrusted character encoding conversions.
Race condition in nginx-ui web interface allows remote authenticated attackers to corrupt the primary configuration file (app.ini) through concurrent API requests, resulting in persistent denial of service and potential remote code execution. The vulnerability affects nginx-ui versions prior to 2.3.4 deployed in production environments including Docker containers. Concurrent POST requests to /api/settings trigger unsynchronized file writes that interleave at the OS level, corrupting configuration sections and creating cross-contamination between INI fields. In non-deterministic scenarios, user-controlled input can overwrite shell command fields (ReloadCmd, RestartCmd), enabling arbitrary command execution during nginx reload operations. Public exploit code demonstrates the attack path using standard HTTP testing tools. No CISA KEV listing or EPSS data available at time of analysis, but proof-of-concept with detailed reproduction steps exists in the GitHub security advisory.
Unchecked arithmetic in Rust libp2p-gossipsub heartbeat processing allows remote unauthenticated denial of service via crafted PRUNE control messages. Network-reachable Gossipsub peers can crash vulnerable nodes by sending PRUNE messages with near-maximum backoff values (~i64::MAX), triggering an instant overflow panic during subsequent heartbeat cycles (43-74 seconds later). This is a distinct vulnerability from CVE-2026-33040, affecting a different code path in expiry handling rather than initial insertion. Reported by Ethereum Foundation security team; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but attack vector is straightforward for any peer capable of establishing libp2p sessions.
Remote denial of service in tinyproxy versions through 1.11.3 allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust all proxy worker connections via malformed HTTP chunked transfer encoding. An integer overflow in chunk size parsing (using strtol() without ERANGE validation) enables attackers to send LONG_MAX values that bypass size checks and trigger arithmetic overflow during chunklen+2 calculations. This forces the proxy to attempt reading unbounded request body data, holding worker slots indefinitely until all connections are exhausted and new clients are rejected. Upstream fix available (commits bb7edc4, 969852c) but latest stable release 1.11.3 remains unpatched. EPSS data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though attack complexity is low (CVSS AC:L) and requires no authentication (PR:N).
OpenAirInterface AMF version 2.2.0 crashes during message decoding when processing specific malformed input sequences, enabling a denial of service condition. A remote attacker can trigger a consistent crash by sending specially crafted hex-encoded packets (example: 80 00 00 0E 00 00 01 00 0F 80 02 02 40 00 58 00 01 88) to the AMF component. No public exploit code has been identified, but the crash is reproducible with known input patterns.
Unauthenticated file upload in parisneo/lollms versions ≤2.2.0 enables remote attackers to submit arbitrary files for text extraction without authentication via the `/api/files/extract-text` endpoint. The vulnerability (CWE-287: Improper Authentication) allows resource exhaustion DoS attacks and potential information disclosure, with CVSS 7.5 (High) reflecting network-accessible attack surface requiring no privileges. EPSS data not available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the simplicity (AC:L, PR:N) suggests trivial exploitation once endpoint details are known.
Prototype pollution in MikroORM's Utils.merge function allows attackers to modify JavaScript object prototypes when applications pass untrusted user input into ORM operations. Affects @mikro-orm/core npm package, enabling denial of service and potentially SQL injection when polluted properties influence query construction. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though GitHub security advisory published by the project maintainers confirms the vulnerability class (CWE-1321).
Resource exhaustion in OpenClaw webhook endpoint allows remote attackers to consume server memory and processing resources via unauthenticated Telegram webhook POST requests. OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.13 process and buffer entire request bodies before validating authentication tokens, enabling denial-of-service attacks with no authentication required. CVSS 8.7 (High) reflects network-accessible, low-complexity attack with high availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack technique is straightforward given the architectural flaw.
Remote attackers can crash Zebra cryptocurrency nodes (versions <4.3.0) by sending malformed V5 transactions that pass initial deserialization but trigger panics during transaction ID calculation. The vulnerability requires no authentication and can be exploited via a single crafted network message to the P2P port (8233) or through the sendrawtransaction RPC method. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, though the attack mechanism is well-documented in the vendor advisory. EPSS data not available for this CVE.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Substance3D Stager 3.1.7 and earlier allows local attackers to execute malicious code with user privileges through specially crafted files. Exploitation requires social engineering to trick users into opening weaponized Stager project files. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the use-after-free vulnerability class is well-understood and exploitable. CVSS 7.8 (High) reflects significant impact if exploited, though local attack vector and user interaction requirement reduce immediate risk compared to remotely exploitable flaws.
Handlebars.js template engine crashes Node.js processes when compiling templates containing unregistered decorator syntax (e.g., {{*n}}), enabling single-request denial-of-service attacks against applications that accept user-supplied templates. The vulnerability affects the npm package handlebars (pkg:npm/handlebars) and has CVSS score 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). A functional proof-of-concept demonstrating the crash exists in the public advisory, confirming exploit code is publicly available. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been reported at time of analysis.
Fleet server memory exhaustion via unbounded request bodies allows unauthenticated denial-of-service against multiple HTTP endpoints. The vulnerability affects Fleet v4 (github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4) and was responsibly disclosed by @fuzzztf. Attackers can exhaust available memory and force server restarts by sending oversized or repeated HTTP requests to unauthenticated endpoints lacking size limits. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the attack mechanism is straightforward given the CWE-770 resource allocation vulnerability class.
OX Dovecot Pro managesieve-login process crashes repeatedly due to memory exhaustion triggered by unauthenticated attackers sending crafted messages. The vulnerability enables remote denial of service against the managesieve protocol without authentication (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High severity). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has released a security advisory with remediation guidance.
Remote memory-exhaustion denial of service in OX Dovecot Pro (versions up to and including 2.3.0) lets an unauthenticated network attacker exhaust process memory by sending NOOP commands containing thousands of nested parentheses. Each such command consumes roughly 1 MB, and by withholding the terminating line-feed the attacker keeps the allocation alive; ~1000 concurrent connections from even a single source IP can pin around 1 GB, breaching the process VSZ limit and killing the service along with its proxied connections. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis (EPSS 0.04%, percentile 12; CISA SSVC exploitation=none), but the vector is trivial and a vendor patch is available.
MyTube prior to version 1.8.72 permits unauthenticated attackers to trigger indefinite account lockouts affecting both administrator and visitor authentication by exploiting a shared, globally-scoped login attempt counter across three publicly accessible password verification endpoints. An attacker can repeatedly send invalid authentication requests to any endpoint, progressively increasing a 24-hour cooldown lockout duration that applies to all endpoints simultaneously, effectively denying legitimate users password-based authentication until the patch is deployed. No public exploit code or active in-the-wild exploitation has been confirmed, but the attack requires no privileges and can be automated trivially.
Inventory depletion in SourceCodester Pharmacy Product Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to corrupt stock records by submitting negative values through the add-stock.php 'txtqty' parameter, causing the system to decrease inventory instead of increasing it and enabling denial of service via stock exhaustion. Publicly available exploit code exists demonstrating this business logic flaw, and the affected product lacks CVSS severity quantification despite the demonstrated impact on system integrity and availability.
Path traversal in Incus system container manager allows authenticated remote attackers to write arbitrary files as root on the host via malformed systemd credential configuration keys. Affecting all versions before 6.23.0, this enables both privilege escalation from container to host and denial of service through critical file overwrites. EPSS score of 0.06% (18th percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The CVSS 9.9 Critical rating reflects the severe impact of container escape, though the PR:L requirement and lack of active exploitation temper immediate urgency.
TigerVNC x0vncserver versions prior to 1.16.2 expose screen contents to unauthorized local users through incorrect file permissions in Image.cxx, enabling information disclosure, screen manipulation, or denial of service. The vulnerability has CVSS 8.5 (High) with local attack vector requiring no privileges or user interaction, and scope change indicating potential impact beyond the vulnerable component. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though technical details are available via GitHub commit and mailing list disclosure.
The node-forge cryptographic library for Node.js suffers from a complete Denial of Service condition when the BigInteger.modInverse() function receives zero as input, causing an infinite loop that consumes 100% CPU and blocks the event loop indefinitely. All versions of node-forge (npm package) are affected, impacting applications that process untrusted cryptographic parameters through DSA/ECDSA signature verification or custom modular arithmetic operations. CVSS 7.5 (High severity) reflects network-reachable, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction required. A working proof-of-concept exists demonstrating the vulnerability triggers within 5 seconds. Vendor patch is available via GitHub commit 9bb8d67b99d17e4ebb5fd7596cd699e11f25d023.
Denial of service in p11-kit's PKCS#11 RPC client allows a malicious remote token to trigger a NULL pointer dereference or undefined behavior in applications consuming derive-key operations. The flaw is reachable when an application calls C_DeriveKey against a remote token using IBM Kyber or IBM BTC derive mechanisms whose parameters are NULL, with the RPC client returning an uninitialized value. EPSS is low (0.10%) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; SSVC marks exploitation as none but automatable.
The antchfx/xpath Go library prior to version 1.3.6 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the logicalQuery.Select function where Boolean XPath expressions that evaluate to true (such as '1=1' or 'true()') trigger an infinite loop, consuming 100% CPU resources. Remote attackers can exploit this via top-level XPath selectors without authentication, potentially disrupting any application that uses this library to process untrusted XPath queries. Upstream fix is available in commit afd4762cc342af56345a3fb4002a59281fcab494, with no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.
The jsonparser library for Go fails to validate slice offsets when processing malformed JSON, enabling remote denial of service through crafted input that triggers negative array indices and runtime panics. The GitHub buger/jsonparser project across all versions is affected. Attackers can send specially crafted JSON payloads to applications using vulnerable versions, causing immediate service termination without requiring authentication or user interaction.