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)
Truncated msgpack fixext format data (codes 0xd4-0xd8) decoded by shamaton/msgpack library versions across v1, v2, and v3 fail to validate input buffer boundaries, triggering out-of-bounds memory reads and runtime panics that enable denial of service. Remote attackers can craft malformed msgpack payloads to crash applications using affected library versions without requiring authentication or user interaction.
The path-to-regexp library versions 8.0.0 through 8.3.0 suffer from catastrophic regular expression denial of service via exponential regex generation when route patterns contain multiple sequential optional groups in curly-brace syntax. Remote unauthenticated attackers can trigger resource exhaustion by submitting crafted route patterns, causing application-level denial of service with CVSS 7.5 (High severity). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has released version 8.4.0 to address the issue.
Prototype pollution in convict npm package version 6.2.4 allows attackers to bypass previous security fixes and pollute Object.prototype through crafted input that manipulates String.prototype.startsWith. The vulnerability affects applications processing untrusted input via convict.set() and can lead to authentication bypass, denial of service, or remote code execution if polluted properties reach dangerous sinks like eval or child_process. A working proof-of-concept exploit demonstrating the bypass technique exists in the advisory.
Netty HTTP/2 servers can be rendered unresponsive by remote attackers flooding CONTINUATION frames with zero-byte payloads, bypassing existing header size limits and exhausting CPU resources. The affected package is io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (tracked via GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-w9fj-cfpg-grvv). Authentication requirements are not confirmed from available data. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the technical details provided in the advisory enable straightforward reproduction. The low bandwidth requirement for this CPU-based denial of service makes it highly practical for disrupting services at scale.
Catastrophic backtracking in path-to-regexp versions prior to 0.1.13 enables remote denial of service attacks through specially crafted URLs containing three or more parameters within a single route segment separated by non-period characters. The vulnerability stems from insufficient backtrack protection in regex generation for routes like /:a-:b-:c, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger exponential computation times. SSVC framework confirms the vulnerability is automatable with partial technical impact, though no public exploit is identified at time of analysis.
Remote denial-of-service in Siemens CPCI85 Central Processing/Communication and RTUM85 RTU Base (versions below V26.10) allows adjacent network attackers to exhaust system resources via high-volume requests, forcing device reset or reboot to restore parameterization functionality. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. CVSS 7.1 (High) with adjacent network access vector and no privileges required indicates moderate real-world risk for industrial environments where these RTU and control processing devices operate.
Heap buffer over-read in GIMP's PCX image loader allows a remote attacker who can convince a user to open a crafted PCX file to disclose adjacent heap memory and crash the application. The flaw stems from an off-by-one error (CWE-193) and is tracked across Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 9. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS is very low (0.06%, 19th percentile), with CISA SSVC rating exploitation as 'none'.
NVMe/TCP targets are vulnerable to unauthenticated denial of service when a remote attacker sends a CONNECT command with an invalid CNTLID, triggering a kernel panic on the exposed system. The vulnerability exploits a null pointer dereference that allows any network-accessible attacker to crash the target without authentication. No patch is currently available for this high-severity flaw.
Squid versions prior to 7.5 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in ICP (Internet Cache Protocol) traffic handling that enables remote attackers to reliably trigger denial of service against affected proxy services. The vulnerability affects any Squid deployment with ICP support explicitly enabled via non-zero icp_port configuration, and cannot be mitigated through access control rules alone. A patch is available in version 7.5, and the vulnerability has been confirmed across multiple Debian releases and SUSE distributions.
Squid proxy versions prior to 7.5 contain use-after-free and premature resource release vulnerabilities in ICP (Internet Cache Protocol) traffic handling that enable reliable, repeatable denial of service attacks. Remote attackers can exploit these memory safety bugs to crash the Squid service by sending specially crafted ICP packets, affecting deployments that have explicitly enabled ICP support via non-zero icp_port configuration. While no CVSS score or EPSS value is currently published, the vulnerability is confirmed by vendor advisory and includes a public patch commit, indicating moderate to high real-world risk for affected deployments.
picomatch, a widely-used Node.js glob pattern matching library, contains a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability when processing crafted extglob patterns such as '+(a|aa)' or nested patterns like '+(+(a))'. The vulnerability affects picomatch versions prior to 4.0.4, 3.0.2, and 2.3.2 (tracked via CPE pkg:npm/picomatch) and allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause multi-second event-loop blocking with relatively short inputs, resulting in application-wide denial of service. Patches are available from the vendor, and while no KEV listing or EPSS score is provided in the data, the CVSS score of 7.5 (High) reflects the network-accessible, low-complexity attack vector requiring no privileges or user interaction.
LiquidJS template engine version 10.24.0 and earlier contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the replace_first filter that enables 625,000:1 memory amplification by exploiting JavaScript's $& backreference pattern. The memoryLimit security control is bypassed because only input strings are charged while exponentially amplified outputs (up to 312.5 MB from 1 byte input) remain unaccounted. Demonstrated proof-of-concept shows 20 concurrent requests cause complete service unavailability for 29 seconds with legitimate user requests delayed by 10.9 seconds. A patch is available via GitHub commit 35d523026345d80458df24c72e653db78b5d061d.
LiquidJS versions 10.24.x and earlier contain a memory limit bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash Node.js processes through a single malicious template. By exploiting reverse range expressions to drive the memory counter negative, attackers can allocate unlimited memory and trigger a V8 Fatal error that terminates the entire process, causing complete denial of service. A detailed proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available demonstrating the full attack chain from bypass to process crash.
A critical pre-authentication denial of service vulnerability in nats-server allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to crash the entire server process by sending a single malicious 15-byte WebSocket frame. The vulnerability affects nats-server versions 2.2.0 through 2.11.13 and 2.12.0 through 2.12.4 when WebSocket listeners are enabled. A working proof-of-concept exploit in Go has been publicly disclosed by security researcher Mistz1, demonstrating that a single TCP connection can bring down the entire NATS deployment including all connected clients, JetStream streams, and cluster routes.
GitLab CE/EE contains a denial of service vulnerability in GraphQL request processing due to improper input validation (CWE-407). All versions from 18.5 through 18.8.6, 18.9 through 18.9.2, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 are affected. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely exploit this with low complexity to render GitLab instances unresponsive, and a public proof-of-concept exploit is available via HackerOne report 3597342.
Memory exhaustion in Cisco IOS XE and Apple devices via improper TLS resource handling allows adjacent attackers to trigger denial of service by repeatedly initiating failed authentication or manipulating TLS connections. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by resetting TLS sessions or abusing EAP authentication mechanisms to deplete device memory without requiring network access from the internet. Successful exploitation renders affected devices unresponsive, with no patch currently available.
HTTP Server input validation failures in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Release 3E enable authenticated remote attackers to trigger device reloads via malformed requests, causing denial of service. An attacker with valid credentials can exploit improper input handling to exhaust watchdog timers and force unexpected system restarts. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability affecting Cisco and Apple products.
A denial of service vulnerability in the Internet Key Exchange (CVSS 8.6). High severity vulnerability requiring prompt remediation.
This is a denial of service vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst CW9800 Family caused by improper handling of malformed CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points) packets. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Cisco IOS XE Software in the 17.14.x through 17.18.x release trains. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to cause the wireless controller to reload unexpectedly, resulting in complete network disruption with a high severity CVSS score of 8.6.
Improper BOOTP packet handling in Cisco IOS XE Software on Catalyst 9000 Series Switches allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger VLAN leakage and cause device unavailability through resource exhaustion. An attacker can send crafted BOOTP requests to forward packets across VLANs, leading to high CPU utilization that renders the switch unreachable and unable to process traffic. No patch is currently available for this denial-of-service vulnerability.
Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter nft_set_pipapo enables local privilege escalation to kernel-level access (confidentiality/integrity/availability compromise). Affects Linux kernel 5.6+ through multiple stable branches (6.1.x, 6.6.x, 6.12.x, 6.18.x, 6.19.x). Vendor patches available across all affected kernel series. EPSS score of 0.03% (9th percentile) indicates low automated exploitation likelihood, consistent with local-access requirement and lack of public exploit code at time of analysis.
A use-after-free and list corruption vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) subsystem when the SMI sender returns an error. The vulnerability affects all Linux kernel versions with the vulnerable IPMI code path, allowing local attackers or processes with IPMI access to trigger denial of service conditions through list corruption and NULL pointer dereferences. The vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and no CVSS or EPSS scores have been published; however, the technical nature indicates high reliability for exploitation by local actors with kernel interface access.
A use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem within the bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim function, where a race condition allows a process to reference memory after it has been freed. An attacker with CAP_BPF or CAP_PERFMON capabilities can trigger this vulnerability to cause a kernel crash (denial of service). A proof-of-concept has been demonstrated by the reporter, showing the bug can be reliably reproduced; the vulnerability is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog but affects all Linux kernel versions until patched.
Apple's iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS contain a use-after-free vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to corrupt kernel memory or cause unexpected system crashes. An installed application can trigger this memory corruption flaw through user interaction, potentially leading to denial of service or unauthorized kernel-level modifications. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability (CVSS 7.1).
Unpatched denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash applications due to insufficient input validation. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and affects all versions prior to 26.4, with no security patch currently available.
A pre-authentication vulnerability in NATS.io nats-server allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server by sending a specially crafted malformed message to the leafnode port. All versions of nats-server prior to v2.12.6 and v2.11.15 are affected. This is a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5, exploitable over the network without authentication, though no active exploitation (KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been reported at this time.
NATS server with leafnode clustering enabled is vulnerable to a denial-of-service crash triggered by remote attackers who exploit null pointer dereference in the compression negotiation handler prior to authentication. Any attacker capable of connecting to a leafnode-configured NATS server can trigger a server panic, causing service disruption. A patch is available to remediate this high-severity vulnerability.
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server contains a denial of service vulnerability in its HTTP endpoint that can be exploited by sending large compressed payloads. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and is exploitable remotely without authentication or user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation (not in CISA KEV), and no public proof-of-concept has been identified at this time.
An unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Parse Server versions prior to 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52, where attackers can submit authentication requests with arbitrary, unconfigured provider names to trigger expensive unindexed database queries. Each malicious request causes a full collection scan on the user database, and since these requests can be parallelized, an attacker can rapidly exhaust database resources and degrade service availability. The vulnerability requires no authentication or special privileges, making it trivial to exploit at scale, and patches are available in the referenced versions.
A signed integer overflow vulnerability exists in the libtiff library's putcontig8bitYCbCr44tile function that leads to out-of-bounds heap writes through incorrect memory pointer calculations. Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are confirmed affected. An attacker can exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted TIFF file, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution or causing application crashes.
NGINX worker process crashes via null pointer dereference in the mail authentication module when CRAM-MD5 or APOP authentication is configured with retry-enabled backend servers. This denial of service vulnerability affects NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source with no patch currently available, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to terminate worker processes and degrade service availability.
Mozilla NSS Libraries contain a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Firefox versions below 149 that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash affected systems without requiring user interaction. The flaw stems from improper resource handling and currently lacks an available patch. Given the high CVSS score of 7.5 and network-based attack vector, this poses significant availability risk to Mozilla Firefox users.
Firefox versions below 149 are vulnerable to a resource exhaustion attack through malformed XML processing that an unauthenticated attacker can trigger remotely without user interaction. This denial-of-service vulnerability allows attackers to crash affected Firefox instances or degrade performance. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 149 and Firefox ESR prior to 140.9 are vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks through the WebRTC signaling component, which an unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit without user interaction to crash affected browsers. The vulnerability stems from improper resource handling and currently has no available patch, leaving users of affected versions at risk of service disruption.
A Use After Free vulnerability exists in the No-Chicken Echo-Mate SDK, specifically within the kernel memory management modules (rmap.C file), that can lead to denial of service and memory corruption. This vulnerability affects Echo-Mate versions prior to V250329 and has been reported by GovTech CSG. An attacker exploiting this flaw could trigger a crash or potentially achieve code execution through memory corruption, though the specific attack vector complexity remains dependent on the exposure of the affected kernel module.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome's Federated Credential Management (FedCM) prior to version 146.0.7680.165 enables unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox through a malicious HTML page. This use-after-free vulnerability in memory management affects Chrome on all supported platforms and requires only user interaction to trigger. A patch is available in Chrome 146.0.7680.165 and later.
Sandboxed code execution in Google Chrome's WebGPU implementation (prior to 146.0.7680.165) stems from a use-after-free memory vulnerability that can be triggered via malicious HTML pages. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code within the Chrome sandbox without user interaction beyond viewing a crafted webpage. A patch is available for affected users.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.165 via a use-after-free vulnerability in the Dawn graphics component enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when users visit malicious HTML pages. The vulnerability affects multiple platforms including Debian systems and requires only user interaction to trigger, bypassing Chrome's sandbox isolation. A patch is available to remediate this high-severity memory corruption flaw.
Freeciv21, an open-source turn-based strategy game, contains a stack overflow vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash servers or client applications through specially-crafted network packets. All versions prior to 3.1.1 are affected, with exploitation requiring no authentication and leaving no useful logs by default. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) or public proof-of-concept code, Debian has issued security advisory DSA-6173-1 indicating distribution-level concern.
Free5GC versions 4.2.0 and earlier are vulnerable to denial of service attacks through improper handling of authentication failures in the AMF component, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the service. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited over the network, potentially disrupting 5G core network operations. No patch is currently available.
OpenClaw contains an unbounded memory growth vulnerability in its Zalo webhook endpoint that enables unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust server memory by sending repeated HTTP requests with varying query string parameters. This affects OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network accessibility and lack of authentication requirements, though no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been identified at this time.
Rails ActiveSupport number helpers contain a denial of service vulnerability where strings with scientific notation (e.g., '1e10000') are improperly converted and expanded into extremely large decimal representations, causing excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption during string formatting. The vulnerability affects ActiveSupport across multiple Rails versions prior to 7.2.3.1, 8.0.4.1, and 8.1.2.1. An attacker can exploit this by providing maliciously crafted scientific notation strings to trigger resource exhaustion and deny service to legitimate users.
The cbor2 Python library, which implements CBOR serialization, suffers from uncontrolled recursion when decoding deeply nested CBOR structures, allowing remote attackers to trigger Denial of Service by sending crafted payloads containing approximately 100,000 nested arrays. All versions prior to 5.9.0 are affected, including both the pure Python implementation and the C extension. Attackers can crash worker processes in web servers (Gunicorn, Uvicorn) and task queues (Celery) with small malicious packets under 100KB, causing complete service outages through repeated worker crashes.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can crash strongSwan versions 4.5.0 through 6.0.4 via integer underflow in the EAP-TTLS AVP parser during IKEv2 authentication by sending malformed AVP packets with invalid length fields. Public exploit code exists for this denial of service vulnerability, which triggers memory corruption in the charon daemon with no available patch. Organizations running affected strongSwan versions are vulnerable to service disruption without authentication or user interaction required.
The antchfx/xpath component in Debian is vulnerable to denial of service when processing specially crafted Boolean XPath expressions, which trigger an infinite loop in the logicalQuery.Select function consuming 100% CPU resources. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this over the network without user interaction to disable affected systems. No patch is currently available.
Xenstored on Ubuntu and Debian crashes when a guest VM submits a Xenstore command with an illegal node path "/local/domain/", causing a denial of service to that hypervisor component. An unprivileged guest can trigger this crash via a forced assert() statement, or if the service is built without debugging symbols, cause xenstored to consume excessive CPU resources while becoming unresponsive to further requests. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.
The jsrsasign JavaScript library contains an infinite loop vulnerability in the BigInteger.modInverse function that allows remote attackers to permanently hang application processes through specially crafted zero or negative input values. All versions of jsrsasign prior to 11.1.1 are affected by this high-severity denial-of-service condition. A proof-of-concept exploit exists demonstrating the vulnerability, and the CVSS score of 7.5 reflects the ease of exploitation (network-accessible, low complexity, no authentication required).
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the safe_atou64 function within owntone-server (src/misc.c) that allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service by sending crafted HTTP requests to the affected server. The vulnerability affects owntone-server through at least commit c4d57aa, and a public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub, indicating active research and potential exploitation risk.
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the daap_reply_playlists function within owntone-server's DAAP request handler (src/httpd_daap.c) that allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition by sending a specially crafted DAAP protocol request. The vulnerability affects owntone-server at commit 3d1652d and potentially earlier versions. An attacker can remotely crash the server without authentication by exploiting improper input validation in the playlist reply handler, resulting in service unavailability.
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain a resource exhaustion vulnerability where the application fails to consistently enforce configured inbound media byte limits across multiple channel ingestion paths. Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit this by sending oversized media payloads to cause elevated memory consumption and process instability, leading to denial of service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High severity) with network-based attack vector and low complexity, though no active exploitation (KEV) or public proof-of-concept has been reported at this time.
The LoginControl plugin for AVideo contains a critical cryptographic weakness in its PGP-based 2FA implementation, generating 512-bit RSA keys that can be factored on commodity hardware within hours using publicly available tools. Attackers who obtain a user's public key can derive the complete private key and decrypt authentication challenges, completely bypassing the second factor protection. A proof-of-concept demonstrating key factoring and challenge decryption is included in the advisory, and unauthenticated endpoints allow anonymous CPU-intensive key generation for denial-of-service attacks.
This is an authentication and authorization bypass vulnerability in etcd's gRPC API layer that allows unauthorized users to execute privileged operations when etcd auth is enabled. Affected are etcd versions prior to 3.4.42, 3.5.28, and 3.6.9 (specifically the Go packages go.etcd.io/etcd/v3 and go.etcd.io/etcd). Attackers can enumerate cluster topology via MemberList, trigger denial of service through Alarm APIs, manipulate Lease operations affecting TTL-based keys, and force compaction to permanently delete historical data. Standard Kubernetes deployments are not affected as they do not rely on etcd's built-in authentication. No EPSS score or KEV listing is currently available, and the vulnerability was responsibly disclosed by multiple security researchers.
AVideo platform contains an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in the aVideoEncoderChunk.json.php endpoint that allows remote attackers to exhaust disk space and cause denial of service. Any unauthenticated attacker can upload arbitrarily large files to the server's /tmp directory with no size limits, rate limiting, or cleanup mechanism, and the CORS wildcard header enables browser-based distributed attacks. A detailed proof-of-concept is publicly available demonstrating parallel upload attacks that can fill disk space and crash server services.
A regex-based bypass vulnerability in the @dicebear/converter npm package allows attackers to circumvent SVG dimension sanitization by injecting decoy <svg tags in XML constructs. Applications using @dicebear/converter on Node.js to process untrusted SVG input are vulnerable to denial of service through unbounded memory allocation when rendering malformed SVGs. The CVSS score of 7.5 reflects the high availability impact with network-accessible attack vector requiring no authentication or user interaction.
libfuse versions 3.18.0 through 3.18.1 contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem that allows local attackers to crash FUSE filesystem processes or execute arbitrary code when thread creation fails under resource constraints. The flaw occurs when io_uring initialization fails (e.g., due to cgroup limits), leaving a dangling pointer in session state that is dereferenced during shutdown. Public exploit code exists for this vulnerability, and no patch is currently available.
Qwik, a performance-focused JavaScript framework, contains an array prototype pollution vulnerability in its FormData parsing logic that affects versions prior to 1.19.2. Attackers can submit specially crafted form field names using mixed array-index and object-property keys (e.g., items.0 alongside items.toString or items.length) to inject malicious properties into objects the application expects to be arrays, leading to denial of service through malformed array states, oversized lengths, or request handling failures. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High severity) with network-based exploitation requiring no authentication or user interaction, and a patch is available in version 1.19.2.
The Micronaut Framework contains an infinite loop vulnerability in its form-urlencoded body binding mechanism that occurs when array indices are processed in descending order, allowing remote attackers to trigger denial of service through CPU exhaustion and out-of-memory conditions. Versions prior to 4.10.16 and 3.10.5 are affected, with the vulnerability exploitable by sending crafted indexed form parameters without authentication. No public exploit code has been confirmed, but the issue is straightforward to trigger and has been patched in the referenced versions.
AutoMapper, a widely-used convention-based object-object mapper for .NET applications, contains a stack exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash applications via deeply nested object graphs. Versions prior to 15.1.1 and 16.1.1 are affected. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a StackOverflowException by sending specially crafted nested objects, causing immediate application termination with high availability impact (CVSS 7.5).
Heap memory corruption in Google Chrome prior to version 146.0.7680.153 can be triggered through malicious browser extensions, affecting Chrome users on Google, Ubuntu, and Debian systems. An attacker must convince a user to install a compromised extension to exploit this use-after-free vulnerability and potentially achieve code execution. A patch is available.
A use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Digital Credentials API prior to version 146.0.7680.153 enables attackers with a compromised renderer process to escape the sandbox and potentially achieve code execution through a specially crafted HTML page. The vulnerability affects Chrome on multiple platforms including Ubuntu and Debian systems, requiring user interaction to trigger but presenting high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. A patch is available in Chrome 146.0.7680.153 and later versions.
Heap memory corruption in Google Chrome versions prior to 146.0.7680.153 can be triggered through a use-after-free vulnerability in the Network component when a user visits a malicious HTML page. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to achieve arbitrary code execution with high integrity and confidentiality impact. A patch is available for Chrome, Ubuntu, and Debian users.
Heap memory corruption in Google Chrome's Blink rendering engine prior to version 146.0.7680.153 can be triggered through a malicious HTML page, potentially enabling remote code execution. An unauthenticated attacker requires only user interaction to exploit this use-after-free vulnerability across network boundaries. A patch is available for affected Chrome, Ubuntu, and Debian users.
Heap corruption via use-after-free in Google Chrome's WebRTC implementation (versions prior to 146.0.7680.153) enables remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution through malicious HTML pages, requiring only user interaction. The vulnerability affects Chrome, Ubuntu, and Debian systems with a CVSS score of 8.8, though a patch is available.
Heap memory corruption in Google Chrome's WebRTC implementation prior to version 146.0.7680.153 enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking users into visiting malicious websites. The use-after-free vulnerability requires only user interaction and affects Chrome on multiple platforms including Ubuntu and Debian systems. A patch is available to address this high-severity flaw.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome versions before 146.0.7680.153 results from a use-after-free vulnerability in the Base component, enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious HTML pages. The attack requires user interaction but no authentication, affecting Chrome on multiple platforms including Linux distributions. A patch is available to remediate this critical-severity vulnerability.
The ewe Gleam web server contains an infinite loop vulnerability in the handle_trailers function that permanently wedges the BEAM process at 100% CPU when processing rejected trailer headers in chunked HTTP requests. Versions 0.8.0 through 3.0.4 are affected, and any unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this before application code executes, making mitigation at the application level impossible. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.5, and while no active exploitation (KEV) or EPSS score is reported, the low attack complexity and network accessibility make this a readily exploitable denial-of-service condition.
The RSS Feed Dashlet in SuiteCRM versions before 7.15.1 and 8.9.3 is vulnerable to a server-side request forgery (SSRF) attack that can be exploited to trigger denial of service conditions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disrupt service availability without requiring user interaction. No patch is currently available for this high-severity vulnerability affecting enterprise CRM deployments.
OpenClaw webhook handlers for BlueBubbles and Google Chat prior to version 2026.3.2 fail to validate authentication before parsing request bodies, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service by sending maliciously crafted or oversized payloads. Successful exploitation exhausts parser resources and degrades service availability, with no patch currently available. The vulnerability affects all Google products using the vulnerable OpenClaw versions.
Denial of service in Nginx via out-of-bounds read during ALPN protocol parsing when ALPN support is enabled, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the process by sending a crafted ALPN list. This vulnerability affects Nginx and other third-party applications that have compiled wolfSSL 5.8.4 or earlier with ALPN enabled. A patch is available to address this incomplete validation flaw.
Ella Core is vulnerable to a denial of service attack via a null pointer dereference when processing malformed NGAP LocationReport messages that omit the required UEPresenceInAreaOfInterestList field. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can crash the Ella Core process, disrupting service for all connected subscribers. No patch is currently available.
Prototype pollution in the flatted npm library (versions <= 3.4.1) lets an attacker who controls input to the parse() function leak a live reference to Array.prototype into the returned object, so any later write to that property poisons the global prototype chain. The flaw stems from parse() using attacker-supplied JSON string values such as "__proto__" as raw array index keys without numeric validation. Publicly available exploit code exists (a three-line proof of concept in the GitHub Security Advisory), though EPSS is only 0.01% (2nd percentile) and it is not in CISA KEV.
Arbitrary file deletion in PHP CloneSite plugin allows authenticated attackers to bypass path validation and remove critical files via path traversal in the deleteDump parameter, causing denial of service or facilitating privilege escalation attacks. An attacker with valid clone credentials can leverage unvalidated input passed directly to unlink() to delete arbitrary files including configuration.php and other security-critical application files. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.
PostgreSQL client applications using the pgproto3 Go library (github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2) can be crashed remotely by malicious or compromised PostgreSQL servers sending specially crafted DataRow messages with negative field lengths, triggering slice bounds panics that result in denial of service. The vulnerability requires no authentication and has low attack complexity (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), though the EPSS score of 0.07% (20th percentile) suggests minimal observed exploitation activity. Multiple detailed technical advisories exist including analysis from Security Infinity, and the issue is tracked in GitHub issue #2507 for the pgx project.
A format string injection vulnerability exists in the Ruby JSON gem that can lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure when parsing user-supplied documents with the non-default 'allow_duplicate_key: false' parsing option enabled. The vulnerability affects users of the pkg:rubygems/json package who have explicitly opted into using this specific parsing configuration. There is no evidence of active exploitation (not listed in CISA KEV), and no EPSS score is currently available for risk quantification.
Salvo web framework's form data parsing functions fail to enforce payload size limits before loading request bodies into memory, allowing attackers to trigger Out-of-Memory crashes by sending extremely large form payloads. This affects the Rust package salvo (pkg:rust/salvo) through multiple attack vectors including URL-encoded and multipart form data handling. A proof-of-concept demonstrates successful denial-of-service against containerized deployments with limited memory, and the vulnerability is publicly documented in GitHub security advisories GHSA-pp9r-xg4c-8j4x.
The NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) WordNet Browser HTTP server contains an unauthenticated shutdown vulnerability that allows any remote attacker to terminate the service with a single GET request to the '/SHUTDOWN THE SERVER' endpoint. This affects users running nltk.app.wordnet_app in its default mode, where the server binds to all network interfaces without authentication. A proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available demonstrating the denial-of-service attack, though EPSS and KEV data are not yet available for this recent CVE.
OpenClaw contains an unbounded memory growth vulnerability in its Zalo webhook endpoint that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust system memory through query string manipulation. OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 are affected. Attackers can send repeated HTTP requests with varying query parameters to trigger in-memory key accumulation, leading to memory pressure, process instability, or complete denial of service through out-of-memory conditions.
A security vulnerability in Microsoft .NET 8.0 (CVSS 7.5) that allows a remote attacker. High severity vulnerability requiring prompt remediation.
The SimpleJWT PHP library version 1.1.0 contains an algorithmic complexity denial-of-service vulnerability in its PBES2 password-based encryption implementation. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted JWE token with an extremely large p2c (PBKDF2 iteration count) parameter in the header, forcing the server to perform hundreds of billions of iterations during key derivation and causing CPU exhaustion. A working proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available demonstrating how a single malicious request can block PHP workers until execution timeouts are reached.
Null byte injection in the UDM's Nudm_SubscriberDataManagement API allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the service by embedding URL-encoded %00 characters in the supi parameter, triggering unhandled parsing errors and denial of service. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation that permits control characters to reach Go's URL parser, which rejects them with a 500 error instead of sanitizing the input upstream. A patch is available.
The SiYuan kernel, a Go-based note-taking application, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in its WebSocket server that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the kernel process through malformed JSON messages. SiYuan kernel versions exposed via Docker or network-accessible deployments are affected, with the issue stemming from unsafe type assertions on attacker-controlled input after bypassing authentication via a specific query parameter pattern. A proof-of-concept demonstrating the attack exists in the GitHub advisory, and while CVSS rates this as 7.5 High severity for availability impact, real-world exploitation risk depends heavily on network exposure beyond localhost.
Memory exhaustion in Python's pickle deserialization allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a small malicious payload that forces allocation of gigabytes of memory through unrestricted constructor arguments in whitelisted classes. Applications using `_RestrictedUnpickler` to load untrusted pickle data are vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A patch is available.
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in free5GC v4.0.1's UDM (Unified Data Management) service allows remote attackers to crash the service via a crafted POST request to the /sdm-subscriptions endpoint containing path traversal sequences and a large JSON payload. The DataChangeNotificationProcedure function in notifier.go fails to validate pointers before dereferencing, causing complete service disruption requiring manual restart. All deployments of free5GC v4.0.1 utilizing UDM HTTP callback functionality are affected, and a patch is available via PR free5gc/udm#78.
The free5GC AUSF authentication service is vulnerable to denial of service through an improper null check in the GetSupiFromSuciSupiMap function, which crashes when processing crafted UE authentication requests that trigger unsafe interface conversion. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to completely disable the AUSF service by sending a specially crafted authentication request containing a nil SuciSupiMap value. A patch is available for affected free5GC v4.0.1 deployments.
NRF discovery service denial of service in free5GC v4.0.1 allows remote attackers to crash the service by sending HTTP GET requests with malformed group-id-list parameters that trigger unvalidated array access. The EncodeGroupId function fails to check split data length before accessing specific indices, causing an index out of range panic. A patch is available to address this input validation flaw affecting all deployments using the vulnerable NRF service.
A path traversal vulnerability in A Path Traversal vulnerability (CVSS 10.0). Critical severity with potential for significant impact on affected systems.
HTSlib, a widely-used bioinformatics library for reading and writing sequence alignment formats, contains a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in its CRAM format decoder. The vulnerability exists in the `cram_byte_array_len_decode()` function which fails to validate that unpacked data matches the output buffer size, affecting HTSlib versions prior to 1.23.1, 1.22.2, and 1.21.1. An attacker can craft a malicious CRAM file that, when opened by a user, triggers either a heap or stack overflow with attacker-controlled bytes, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution, program crash, or memory corruption.
The Rust libp2p Gossipsub implementation contains an integer overflow vulnerability that allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash affected nodes by sending a single crafted PRUNE control message with an extremely large backoff value (e.g., u64::MAX). The vulnerability affects the libp2p-gossipsub Rust crate and enables trivial denial of service against any application exposing a Gossipsub listener. This vulnerability was discovered through responsible disclosure to the Ethereum Foundation bug bounty program by @revofusion, and while no active exploitation (KEV) status is indicated, the attack complexity is extremely low and a detailed proof-of-concept attack scenario has been publicly disclosed in the advisory.
HTSlib versions prior to 1.23.1, 1.22.2, and 1.21.1 contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the GZI index loading function `bgzf_index_load_hfile()`. An integer overflow during buffer allocation allows attackers to craft malicious `.gzi` files that trigger heap memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service, data corruption, or remote code execution when a user opens the compromised file. No evidence of active exploitation in the wild has been reported, but the vulnerability is demonstrable and patch availability is confirmed.
Path traversal in ApostropheCMS import-export module allows authenticated users with content modification permissions to write files outside the intended export directory via malicious archive entries containing directory traversal sequences. An attacker with editor-level access can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with CVSS 9.9 critical severity. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability affecting Node.js environments.