CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5521 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-2GWH-2HVC-7QGH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-09 21:30 – Updated: 2025-06-09 21:30A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in actions toolkit 0.5.0. This affects the function globEscape of the file toolkit/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts of the component glob. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-5890"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-09T19:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in actions toolkit 0.5.0. This affects the function globEscape of the file toolkit/packages/glob/src/internal-pattern.ts of the component glob. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.",
"id": "GHSA-2gwh-2hvc-7qgh",
"modified": "2025-06-09T21:30:51Z",
"published": "2025-06-09T21:30:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5890"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/2057"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311661"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.311661"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.585727"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-2GWP-9C3Q-R4HM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-18 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:14ChakraCore branch master cbb9b was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function Js::DiagScopeVariablesWalker::GetChildrenCount().
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-37140"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-18T20:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "ChakraCore branch master cbb9b was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function Js::DiagScopeVariablesWalker::GetChildrenCount().",
"id": "GHSA-2gwp-9c3q-r4hm",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:14:34Z",
"published": "2023-07-18T21:30:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37140"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/issues/6885"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2GWV-FV77-XFGX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-26 00:00 – Updated: 2022-02-02 00:02On BIG-IP versions 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, and 14.1.2.6-14.1.4.4, when a Client SSL profile is configured on a virtual server with Client Certificate Authentication set to request/require and Session Ticket enabled and configured, processing SSL traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-23015"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-01-25T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "On BIG-IP versions 16.x before 16.1.0, 15.1.x before 15.1.4.1, and 14.1.2.6-14.1.4.4, when a Client SSL profile is configured on a virtual server with Client Certificate Authentication set to request/require and Session Ticket enabled and configured, processing SSL traffic can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.",
"id": "GHSA-2gwv-fv77-xfgx",
"modified": "2022-02-02T00:02:00Z",
"published": "2022-01-26T00:00:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23015"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K08476614"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-2H39-83VM-VQ42
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-15 18:30 – Updated: 2025-07-22 21:31A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit 6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-7258"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-15T17:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A denial of service exists in Gvisor Sandbox where a bug in reference counting code in mount point tracking could lead to a panic, making it possible for an attacker running as root and with permission to mount volumes to kill the sandbox. We recommend upgrading past commit\u00a06a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6",
"id": "GHSA-2h39-83vm-vq42",
"modified": "2025-07-22T21:31:14Z",
"published": "2024-05-15T18:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7258"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/google/gvisor/commit/6a112c60a257dadac59962e0bc9e9b5aee70b5b6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2H3Q-V47H-F4RC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:32 – Updated: 2024-01-19 19:14The mod_pubsub module (mod_pubsub.erl) in ejabberd 2.1.8 and 3.0.0-alpha-3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a stanza with a publish tag that lacks a node attribute.
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"name": "ejabberd"
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-4320"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-19T19:14:32Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2012-02-18T00:55:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The `mod_pubsub` module (mod_pubsub.erl) in ejabberd 2.1.8 and 3.0.0-alpha-3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a stanza with a publish tag that lacks a node attribute.",
"id": "GHSA-2h3q-v47h-f4rc",
"modified": "2024-01-19T19:14:32Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T05:32:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4320"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d3c4eab46f3cd54f7686cfed740d9c130b6801cf"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/processone/ejabberd/commit/d5b4d6785879f0a5192c26f5b5e218aec8104798"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/processone/ejabberd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-1498"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/1"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/19/2"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/release_notes/release_note_ejabberd_2.1.9"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "Ejabberd DoS via malformed stanza"
}
GHSA-2H6P-MJGC-6QRF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-16 00:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:34A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-43295"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-15T23:15:32Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8, macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 18.7 and iPadOS 18.7. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.",
"id": "GHSA-2h6p-mjgc-6qrf",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:34:29Z",
"published": "2025-09-16T00:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-43295"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/125109"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/125110"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/125111"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/125112"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/50"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/53"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/54"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Sep/55"
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2HFF-34P4-2JHH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:46 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:46In bta_scan_results_cb_impl of btif_ble_scanner.cc, there is possible resource exhaustion if a large number of repeated BLE scan results are received. This could lead to a remote denial of service of a critical system process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 8.0. Android ID: A-65174158.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-13211"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-01-12T23:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In bta_scan_results_cb_impl of btif_ble_scanner.cc, there is possible resource exhaustion if a large number of repeated BLE scan results are received. This could lead to a remote denial of service of a critical system process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: 8.0. Android ID: A-65174158.",
"id": "GHSA-2hff-34p4-2jhh",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:46:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:46:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13211"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102415"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2HFH-9H53-QC24
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-01 09:30 – Updated: 2026-05-07 02:39Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.
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"name": "org.apache.neethi:neethi"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-42403"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-07T02:39:24Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-01T09:16:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions. When a WS-Policy document contains circular policy references (where Policy A references Policy B which references Policy A), the policy normalization process can enter an infinite loop or cause excessive recursion, leading to a stack overflow or application hang. An attacker can craft malicious policy documents with circular references to cause a Denial of Service condition\n\nUsers are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.2, which fixes this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-2hfh-9h53-qc24",
"modified": "2026-05-07T02:39:24Z",
"published": "2026-05-01T09:30:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42403"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/apache/ws-neethi"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/zm6t8skkkskjwk1881l4m4n0l7dqclzo"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/7"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Apache Neethi does not properly detect circular references in policy definitions."
}
GHSA-2HHC-F86X-X74F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:03 – Updated: 2023-10-26 20:49A user-supplied regular expression in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin 1.24.1 and earlier was processed in a way that wasn't interruptible, allowing attackers to have Jenkins evaluate a regular expression without the ability to interrupt this process.
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"name": "com.sonyericsson.jenkins.plugins.bfa:build-failure-analyzer"
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"aliases": [
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-11-01T22:49:28Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2019-12-17T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A user-supplied regular expression in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin 1.24.1 and earlier was processed in a way that wasn\u0027t interruptible, allowing attackers to have Jenkins evaluate a regular expression without the ability to interrupt this process.",
"id": "GHSA-2hhc-f86x-x74f",
"modified": "2023-10-26T20:49:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:03:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16555"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/build-failure-analyzer-plugin/commit/f316c885552ac75289cbb11b2af5757f18784bcb"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1651"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin"
}
GHSA-2HJ6-M35H-CFCC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:20 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:20Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-0182"
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-11-17T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) HAXM software before version 7.6.6 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-2hj6-m35h-cfcc",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:20:59Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:20:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-0182"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00544.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.