Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Discouraged

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

5567 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-PVW6-VC2C-X7V5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-17 00:30 – Updated: 2025-06-20 21:31
VLAI
Details

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.34 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-20983"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-16T22:15:45Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DML).  Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.34 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
  "id": "GHSA-pvw6-vc2c-x7v5",
  "modified": "2025-06-20T21:31:43Z",
  "published": "2024-01-17T00:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20983"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2024.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-PVX3-GM3C-GMPR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-05 00:00 – Updated: 2022-03-18 20:06
VLAI
Summary
Denial of Service in Go-Ethereum
Details

A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS).

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.10.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-23327"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-03-09T19:20:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-03-04T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node\u0027s memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS).",
  "id": "GHSA-pvx3-gm3c-gmpr",
  "modified": "2022-03-18T20:06:42Z",
  "published": "2022-03-05T00:00:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23327"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Denial of Service in Go-Ethereum"
}

GHSA-PW4V-GR34-2553

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-16 19:53 – Updated: 2024-09-24 15:42
VLAI
Summary
Sydent DoS (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation
Details

Impact

Missing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion.

Patches

Fixed by 3175fd3.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-sydent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29433"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-15T18:45:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-15T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nMissing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed by 3175fd3.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.",
  "id": "GHSA-pw4v-gr34-2553",
  "modified": "2024-09-24T15:42:42Z",
  "published": "2021-04-16T19:53:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-pw4v-gr34-2553"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29433"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/3175fd358ebc2c310eab7a3dbf296ce2bd54c1da"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-24.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Sydent DoS (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation"
}

GHSA-PW54-MH39-W3HC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-05-10 19:08 – Updated: 2021-04-20 17:21
VLAI
Summary
Regular expression denial of service in npm-user-validate
Details

This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.

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        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "npm-user-validate"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.0.1"
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          ],
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-7754"
  ],
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      "CWE-400"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-20T17:21:44Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-10-27T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "This affects the package npm-user-validate before 1.0.1. The regex that validates user emails took exponentially longer to process long input strings beginning with @ characters.",
  "id": "GHSA-pw54-mh39-w3hc",
  "modified": "2021-04-20T17:21:44Z",
  "published": "2021-05-10T19:08:15Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/security/advisories/GHSA-xgh6-85xh-479p"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7754"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/npm/npm-user-validate/commit/c8a87dac1a4cc6988b5418f30411a8669bef204e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1019353"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NPMUSERVALIDATE-1019352"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/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 npm-user-validate"
}

GHSA-PW65-258F-V77H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-08 03:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 21:31
VLAI
Details

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, macOS Sonoma 14.4, visionOS 1.1, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, watchOS 10.4, iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, tvOS 17.4. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-23265"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400",
      "CWE-787"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-08T02:15:49Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.4, macOS Ventura 13.6.5, macOS Sonoma 14.4, visionOS 1.1, iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, watchOS 10.4, iOS 16.7.6 and iPadOS 16.7.6, tvOS 17.4. An app may be able to cause unexpected system termination or write kernel memory.",
  "id": "GHSA-pw65-258f-v77h",
  "modified": "2026-04-02T21:31:38Z",
  "published": "2024-03-08T03:31:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23265"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120880"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120881"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120882"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120883"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120884"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120886"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120893"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/120895"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214081"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214082"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214083"
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214084"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214085"
    },
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214086"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214087"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214088"
    },
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214081"
    },
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214082"
    },
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214083"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214084"
    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214088"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/21"
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      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/22"
    },
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    },
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}

GHSA-PWHX-M6G7-M6PX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:46 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:33
VLAI
Details

Livebox 3 Sagemcom SG30_sip-fr-5.15.8.1 devices have an insufficiently large default value for the maximum IPv6 routing table size: it can be filled within minutes. An attacker can exploit this issue to render the affected system unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition for telephone, Internet, and TV services.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-6552"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-09T09:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Livebox 3 Sagemcom SG30_sip-fr-5.15.8.1 devices have an insufficiently large default value for the maximum IPv6 routing table size: it can be filled within minutes. An attacker can exploit this issue to render the affected system unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition for telephone, Internet, and TV services.",
  "id": "GHSA-pwhx-m6g7-m6px",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:33:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:46:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6552"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41565"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShCs5_8mBlM\u0026t=37s"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96827"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-PWWG-58J6-8XXJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:31
VLAI
Details

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Replication). Supported versions that are affected are MySQL Server: 8.4.0-8.4.10, 9.7.0-9.7.1; MySQL Cluster: 8.0.0-8.0.47, 8.4.0-8.4.10 and 9.7.0-9.7.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-60184"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:17:19Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Replication).  Supported versions that are affected are MySQL Server: 8.4.0-8.4.10, 9.7.0-9.7.1; MySQL Cluster: 8.0.0-8.0.47, 8.4.0-8.4.10 and  9.7.0-9.7.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
  "id": "GHSA-pwwg-58j6-8xxj",
  "modified": "2026-07-22T00:31:22Z",
  "published": "2026-07-22T00:31:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60184"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-PX47-WF2H-HCRR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-26 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:13
VLAI
Details

Array AG OS before 9.4.0.499 allows denial of service: remote attackers can cause system service processes to crash through abnormal HTTP operations.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-41121"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-25T22:15:11Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Array AG OS before 9.4.0.499 allows denial of service: remote attackers can cause system service processes to crash through abnormal HTTP operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-px47-wf2h-hcrr",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T07:13:31Z",
  "published": "2023-08-26T00:30:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41121"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://semonto.com/tools/website-reachability-check?test=325b4e588e64536b21664d24640f547"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.arraynetworks.net/prx/001/http/supportportal.arraynetworks.net/documentation/FieldNotice/Array_Networks_Security_Advisory_for_Denial_of_Service_ID-144162.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-PX4H-XG32-Q955

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-06-08 23:11 – Updated: 2021-10-27 17:04
VLAI
Summary
ReDoS in normalize-url
Details

The normalize-url package before 4.5.1, 5.x before 5.3.1, and 6.x before 6.0.1 for Node.js has a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) issue because it has exponential performance for data: URLs.

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      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "normalize-url"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-33502"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-28T17:56:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-24T16:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The normalize-url package before 4.5.1, 5.x before 5.3.1, and 6.x before 6.0.1 for Node.js has a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) issue because it has exponential performance for data: URLs.",
  "id": "GHSA-px4h-xg32-q955",
  "modified": "2021-10-27T17:04:15Z",
  "published": "2021-06-08T23:11:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33502"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/normalize-url/commit/b1fdb5120b6d27a88400d8800e67ff5a22bd2103"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/normalize-url"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/normalize-url/releases/tag/v6.0.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210706-0001"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ReDoS in normalize-url"
}

GHSA-PX4R-G4P3-HHQV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-12 15:29 – Updated: 2026-02-12 22:07
VLAI
Summary
webtransport-go: CloseWithError can block indefinitely
Details

Summary

An attacker can cause a denial of service in webtransport-go by preventing or indefinitely delaying WebTransport session closure. A malicious peer can withhold QUIC flow control credit on the CONNECT stream, blocking transmission of the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule and causing the close operation to hang.

Details

WebTransport over HTTP/3 signals session termination by sending a WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule on the CONNECT stream. The capsule is only needed to transmit a reason phrase and an error code to the peer. After the capsule is sent, the CONNECT stream is closed. In affected versions, the closure procedure blocked indefinitely while waiting for sufficient QUIC flow control credit from the peer. A malicious peer can withhold this credit, preventing the capsule from being sent.

The Fix

webtransport-go now attempts to send the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule with a short deadline. If the capsule cannot be sent within this deadline, the CONNECT stream is reset instead. This closes the WebTransport session promptly without transmitting the optional error details. This prevents indefinite blocking on session closure.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.9.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.10.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-21435"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-12T15:29:01Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-12T19:15:51Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\nAn attacker can cause a denial of service in webtransport-go by preventing or indefinitely delaying WebTransport session closure. A malicious peer can withhold QUIC flow control credit on the CONNECT stream, blocking transmission of the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule and causing the close operation to hang.\n\n## Details\nWebTransport over HTTP/3 signals session termination by sending a WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule on the CONNECT stream. The capsule is only needed to transmit a reason phrase and an error code to the peer. After the capsule is sent, the CONNECT stream is closed.\nIn affected versions, the closure procedure blocked indefinitely while waiting for sufficient QUIC flow control credit from the peer. A malicious peer can withhold this credit, preventing the capsule from being sent.\n\n## The Fix\nwebtransport-go now attempts to send the WT_CLOSE_SESSION capsule with a short deadline. If the capsule cannot be sent within this deadline, the CONNECT stream is reset instead. This closes the WebTransport session promptly without transmitting the optional error details.\nThis prevents indefinite blocking on session closure.",
  "id": "GHSA-px4r-g4p3-hhqv",
  "modified": "2026-02-12T22:07:35Z",
  "published": "2026-02-12T15:29:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/security/advisories/GHSA-px4r-g4p3-hhqv"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21435"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/quic-go/webtransport-go/releases/tag/v0.10.0"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "webtransport-go: CloseWithError can block indefinitely"
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

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
Architecture and Design
  • 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
Architecture and Design

Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.

Mitigation
Implementation

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.