CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5623 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-HXFH-7372-Q4FF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-06 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-06 21:31In onHeaderDecoded of LocalImageResolver.java, there is a possible persistent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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"details": "In onHeaderDecoded of LocalImageResolver.java, there is a possible persistent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-hxfh-7372-q4ff",
"modified": "2026-04-06T21:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-04-06T21:31:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0049"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-04-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
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}
GHSA-HXM2-R34F-QMC5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-10-09 00:40 – Updated: 2023-09-11 22:02Affected versions of minimatch are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks when user input is passed into the pattern argument of minimatch(path, pattern).
Proof of Concept
var minimatch = require(“minimatch”);
// utility function for generating long strings
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = “”;
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
var exploit = “[!” + genstr(1000000, “\\”) + “A”;
// minimatch exploit.
console.log(“starting minimatch”);
minimatch(“foo”, exploit);
console.log(“finishing minimatch”);
Recommendation
Update to version 3.0.2 or later.
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"details": "Affected versions of `minimatch` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks when user input is passed into the `pattern` argument of `minimatch(path, pattern)`.\n\n\n## Proof of Concept\n```js\nvar minimatch = require(\u201cminimatch\u201d);\n\n// utility function for generating long strings\nvar genstr = function (len, chr) {\n var result = \u201c\u201d;\n for (i=0; i\u003c=len; i++) {\n result = result + chr;\n }\n return result;\n}\n\nvar exploit = \u201c[!\u201d + genstr(1000000, \u201c\\\\\u201d) + \u201cA\u201d;\n\n// minimatch exploit.\nconsole.log(\u201cstarting minimatch\u201d);\nminimatch(\u201cfoo\u201d, exploit);\nconsole.log(\u201cfinishing minimatch\u201d);\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 3.0.2 or later.",
"id": "GHSA-hxm2-r34f-qmc5",
"modified": "2023-09-11T22:02:05Z",
"published": "2018-10-09T00:40:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10540"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hxm2-r34f-qmc5"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/118"
}
],
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"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"
}
],
"summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch"
}
GHSA-HXMP-PQCH-C8MM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-12-09 18:21 – Updated: 2024-09-24 17:44Impact
A malicious or poorly-implemented homeserver can inject malformed events into a room by specifying a different room id in the path of a /send_join, /send_leave, /invite or /exchange_third_party_invite request.
This can lead to a denial of service in which future events will not be correctly sent to other servers over federation.
This affects any server which accepts federation requests from untrusted servers.
Patches
Issue is resolved by https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/8776.
Workarounds
Homeserver administrators could limit access to the federation API to trusted servers (for example via federation_domain_whitelist).
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"id": "GHSA-hxmp-pqch-c8mm",
"modified": "2024-09-24T17:44:50Z",
"published": "2020-12-09T18:21:29Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-hxmp-pqch-c8mm"
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"url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/8776"
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"url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/3ce2f303f15f6ac3dc352298972dc6e04d9b7a8b"
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"url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CHANGES.md#synapse-1231-2020-12-09"
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"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2020-236.yaml"
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DBTIU3ZNBFWZ56V4X7JIAD33V5H2GOMC"
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"summary": "Denial of service attack via incorrect parameters in Matrix Synapse"
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GHSA-HXP3-QJ63-M9J9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-12 00:31 – Updated: 2026-02-13 21:31The issue was addressed with improved handling of caches. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.4, macOS Tahoe 26.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8.4. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-11T23:16:04Z",
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"id": "GHSA-hxp3-qj63-m9j9",
"modified": "2026-02-13T21:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-02-12T00:31:04Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/126348"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/126349"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/126350"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-HXQX-XWVH-44M2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-27 16:36 – Updated: 2023-08-28 13:59There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in the multipart parsing component of Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-30122.
Versions Affected: >= 1.2 Not affected: < 1.2 Fixed Versions: 2.0.9.1, 2.1.4.1, 2.2.3.1
Impact
Carefully crafted multipart POST requests can cause Rack's multipart parser to take much longer than expected, leading to a possible denial of service vulnerability.
Impacted code will use Rack's multipart parser to parse multipart posts. This includes directly using the multipart parser like this:
params = Rack::Multipart.parse_multipart(env)
But it also includes reading POST data from a Rack request object like this:
p request.POST # read POST data
p request.params # reads both query params and POST data
All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.
Workarounds
There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.
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"details": "There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in the multipart parsing component of Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-30122.\n\nVersions Affected: \u003e= 1.2\nNot affected: \u003c 1.2\nFixed Versions: 2.0.9.1, 2.1.4.1, 2.2.3.1\n\n## Impact\nCarefully crafted multipart POST requests can cause Rack\u0027s multipart parser to take much longer than expected, leading to a possible denial of service vulnerability.\n\nImpacted code will use Rack\u0027s multipart parser to parse multipart posts. This includes directly using the multipart parser like this:\n\n```\nparams = Rack::Multipart.parse_multipart(env)\n```\n\nBut it also includes reading POST data from a Rack request object like this:\n\n```\np request.POST # read POST data\np request.params # reads both query params and POST data\n```\n\nAll users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.\n\n## Workarounds\nThere are no feasible workarounds for this issue.\n",
"id": "GHSA-hxqx-xwvh-44m2",
"modified": "2023-08-28T13:59:06Z",
"published": "2022-05-27T16:36:52Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/rack/rack"
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"url": "https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/L2Axto442qk"
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"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-18"
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"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0012"
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"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5530"
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GHSA-HXRH-J3C9-Q5W4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-21 21:32 – Updated: 2026-07-21 21:32Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated low-privileged user can exploit an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Kibana's Canvas functionality by sending a specially crafted request, causing the Kibana server process to terminate and resulting in a denial of service for all users of the affected Kibana instance.
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"details": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Kibana can lead to denial of service via Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130). An authenticated low-privileged user can exploit an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Kibana\u0027s Canvas functionality by sending a specially crafted request, causing the Kibana server process to terminate and resulting in a denial of service for all users of the affected Kibana instance.",
"id": "GHSA-hxrh-j3c9-q5w4",
"modified": "2026-07-21T21:32:42Z",
"published": "2026-07-21T21:32:42Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-63/388560"
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GHSA-J23J-Q57M-63V3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-10-13 18:54 – Updated: 2021-10-13 17:39Missing check in DataCommunicator class in com.vaadin:vaadin-server versions 8.0.0 through 8.14.0 (Vaadin 8.0.0 through 8.14.0) allows authenticated network attacker to cause heap exhaustion by requesting too many rows of data.
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"details": "Missing check in `DataCommunicator` class in `com.vaadin:vaadin-server` versions 8.0.0 through 8.14.0 (Vaadin 8.0.0 through 8.14.0) allows authenticated network attacker to cause heap exhaustion by requesting too many rows of data.",
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"url": "https://github.com/vaadin/framework/pull/12415"
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"url": "https://vaadin.com/security/cve-2021-33609"
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GHSA-J268-C725-MVJ8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-16 00:02 – Updated: 2022-05-24 00:00DirectX Graphics Kernel File Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"details": "DirectX Graphics Kernel File Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-j268-c725-mvj8",
"modified": "2022-05-24T00:00:48Z",
"published": "2021-12-16T00:02:01Z",
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}
GHSA-J26C-8P6M-GPFJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-27 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:36Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands will result in client disconnection. This 1 MB can be left allocated for longer time periods by not sending the command ending LF. So attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Install fixed version, there is no other remediation. No publicly available exploits are known.
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"CWE-770"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-27T09:16:19Z",
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"details": "Sending \"NOOP (((...)))\" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands will result in client disconnection. This 1 MB can be left allocated for longer time periods by not sending the command ending LF. So attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Attacker could connect possibly from even a single IP and create 1000 connections to allocate 1 GB of memory, which would likely result in reaching VSZ limit and killing the process and its other proxied connections. Install fixed version, there is no other remediation. No publicly available exploits are known.",
"id": "GHSA-j26c-8p6m-gpfj",
"modified": "2026-06-30T03:36:03Z",
"published": "2026-03-27T09:31:18Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27857"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-27857.json"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0001.json"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452179"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27857"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26564"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19455"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19453"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19364"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19149"
},
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18053"
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GHSA-J26W-F9RQ-MR2Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-14 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:31Description There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally.
Vulnerability details The Jetty DoSFilter (Denial of Service Filter) is a security filter designed to protect web applications against certain types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and other abusive behavior. It helps to mitigate excessive resource consumption by limiting the rate at which clients can make requests to the server. The DoSFilter monitors and tracks client request patterns, including request rates, and can take actions such as blocking or delaying requests from clients that exceed predefined thresholds. The internal tracking of requests in DoSFilter is the source of this OutOfMemory condition.
Impact Users of the DoSFilter may be subject to DoS attacks that will ultimately exhaust the memory of the server if they have not configured session passivation or an aggressive session inactivation timeout.
Patches The DoSFilter has been patched in all active releases to no longer support the session tracking mode, even if configured.
Patched releases:
- 9.4.54
- 10.0.18
- 11.0.18
- 12.0.3
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-9823"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-10-14T21:14:31Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-14T15:15:14Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Description\nThere exists a security vulnerability in Jetty\u0027s DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server\u0027s memory finally.\n\n\nVulnerability details\nThe Jetty DoSFilter (Denial of Service Filter) is a security filter designed to protect web applications against certain types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and other abusive behavior. It helps to mitigate excessive resource consumption by limiting the rate at which clients can make requests to the server. The DoSFilter monitors and tracks client request patterns, including request rates, and can take actions such as blocking or delaying requests from clients that exceed predefined thresholds. The internal tracking of requests in DoSFilter is the source of this OutOfMemory condition.\n\n\nImpact\nUsers of the DoSFilter may be subject to DoS attacks that will ultimately exhaust the memory of the server if they have not configured session passivation or an aggressive session inactivation timeout.\n\n\nPatches\nThe DoSFilter has been patched in all active releases to no longer support the session tracking mode, even if configured.\n\n\nPatched releases:\n\n * 9.4.54\n * 10.0.18\n * 11.0.18\n * 12.0.3",
"id": "GHSA-j26w-f9rq-mr2q",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:31:16Z",
"published": "2024-10-14T15:30:46Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-7hcf-ppf8-5w5h"
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9823"
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"url": "https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/1256"
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"url": "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/39"
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{
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00001.html"
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"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250306-0006"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"summary": "Eclipse Jetty has a denial of service vulnerability on DosFilter"
}
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.