Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
How to prevent it (4 mitigations)
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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.
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Architecture and Design
Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- 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.
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.
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Architecture and Design
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
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Implementation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
Source: MITRE CWE-400
4,050 results · Feed
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High 7.5
Hirschmann EagleSDV Denial of Service via TLS
Hirschmann EagleSDV firmware prior to 05.4.02 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in TLS session establishment. Attackers can crash the device during TLS handshake by exploiting protocol downgrades to TLS 1.0 or TLS 1.1, interrupting service availabili…
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High 8.2
Ash Framework: Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 atom exhaustion via unchecked Module.concat allows BEAM VM crash
Ash Framework is a declarative, extensible framework for building Elixir applications. Prior to version 3.22.0, Ash.Type.Module.cast_input/2 unconditionally creates a new Erlang atom via Module.concat([value]) for any user-supplied binary string that starts w…
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High 7.5
Rack: Algorithmic-Complexity DoS in Rack::Multipart::Parser
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. From versions 3.0.0.beta1 to before 3.1.21, and 3.2.0 to before 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser#handle_mime_head parses quoted multipart parameters such as Content-Disposition: form-data; name="..." using repeated S…
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High 7.5
Rack: Denial of Service via Unbounded Multipart File Upload Without Content-Length
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser only wraps the request body in a BoundedIO when CONTENT_LENGTH is present. When a multipart/form-data request is sent without a Content-Length he…
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Medium 5.3
Rack: Unbounded Range Count in get_byte_ranges Enables DoS
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Utils.get_byte_ranges parses the HTTP Range header without limiting the number of individual byte ranges. Although the existing fix for CVE-2024-26141 rejects rang…
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Medium 5.3
Rack: Quadratic complexity in Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding via wildcard Accept-Encoding header
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding processes Accept-Encoding values with quadratic time complexity when the header contains many wildcard (*) entries. Because this method …
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High 7.5
Suricata http2: unbounded resource consumption
Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine. Prior to versions 7.0.15 and 8.0.4, flooding of craft HTTP2 continuation frames can lead to memory exhaustion, usually resulting in the Suricata process being shut down by the operating system. This issue has bee…
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Medium 4.3
Nothings stb stb_vorbis.c setup_free allocation of resources
A vulnerability was identified in Nothings stb up to 1.22. The impacted element is the function setup_free of the file stb_vorbis.c. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly …
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Medium 6.9
AIOHTTP: Uncapped memory usage possible through aiohttp allowing unlimited trailer headers
AIOHTTP is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. Prior to version 3.13.4, insufficient restrictions in header/trailer handling could cause uncapped memory usage. This issue has been patched in version 3.13.4.
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High 8.6
ONNX: Malicious ONNX models can crash servers by exploiting unprotected object settings.
Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open standard for machine learning interoperability. Prior to version 1.21.0, the ExternalDataInfo class in ONNX was using Python’s setattr() function to load metadata (like file paths or data lengths) directly from a…
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Medium 6.9
Nuxt OG Image vulnerable to DoS via image generation
Nuxt OG Image generates OG Images with Vue templates in Nuxt. Prior to version 6.2.5, the image‑generation component by the URI: /_og/d/ (and, in older versions, /og-image/) contains a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. The issue arises because there is n…
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Medium 5.9
Serialize JavaScript has CPU Exhaustion Denial of Service via crafted array-like objects
Serialize JavaScript to a superset of JSON that includes regular expressions and functions. Prior to version 7.0.5, there is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability caused by CPU exhaustion. When serializing a specially crafted "array-like" object (an object …
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High 7.5
OpenClaw < 2026.3.13 - Resource Exhaustion via Unauthenticated Telegram Webhook Request
OpenClaw before 2026.3.13 reads and buffers Telegram webhook request bodies before validating the x-telegram-bot-api-secret-token header, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources. Attackers can send POST requests to the webhook endpoint …
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Medium 6.5
Query resampling can cause unbounded memory allocations
A resample query can be used to trigger out-of-memory crashes in Grafana.
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Medium 6.5
Grafana Testdata datasource can issue unbounded memory allocations
A testdata data-source can be used to trigger out-of-memory crashes in Grafana.
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Medium 6.5
brace-expansion: Zero-step sequence causes process hang and memory exhaustion
The brace-expansion library generates arbitrary strings containing a common prefix and suffix. Prior to versions 5.0.5, 3.0.2, 2.0.3, and 1.1.13, a brace pattern with a zero step value (e.g., `{1..2..0}`) causes the sequence generation loop to run indefinitel…
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Medium 5.3
A mail message containing excessive amount of RFC 2231 MIME parameters causes LMTP to use too much CPU. A suitably form…
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High 7.5
Attacker can send a specifically crafted message before authentication that causes managesieve to allocate large amount…
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Medium 4.3
Sending "NOOP (((...)))" command with 4000 parenthesis open+close results in ~1MB extra memory usage. Longer commands w…
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Medium 6.7
PinchTab: OS Command Injection via Profile Name in Windows Cleanup Routine Enables Arbitrary Command Execution
PinchTab is a standalone HTTP server that gives AI agents direct control over a Chrome browser. PinchTab `v0.8.4` contains a Windows-only command injection issue in the orphaned Chrome cleanup path. When an instance is stopped, the Windows cleanup routine bui…
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Medium 6.5
TSPortal's Uncontrolled User Creation via Validation Side Effects Leads to Potential Denial of Service
TSPortal is the WikiTide Foundation’s in-house platform used by the Trust and Safety team to manage reports, investigations, appeals, and transparency work. Prior to version 34, a flaw in TSPortal allowed attackers to create arbitrary user records in the data…
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Medium 6.5
Grafana MSSQL Data Source Plugin: Restriction Bypass Leading to OOM DoS
The Grafana MSSQL data source plugin contains a logic flaw that allows a low-privileged user (Viewer) to bypass API restrictions and trigger a catastrophic Out-Of-Memory (OOM) memory exhaustion, crashing the host container.
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High 7.5
Infinite loop in github.com/antchfx/xpath
Boolean XPath expressions that evaluate to true can cause an infinite loop in logicalQuery.Select, leading to 100% CPU usage. This can be triggered by top-level selectors such as "1=1" or "true()".
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High 7.5
path-to-regexp vulnerable to Denial of Service via sequential optional groups
Impact: A bad regular expression is generated any time you have multiple sequential optional groups (curly brace syntax), such as `{a}{b}{c}:z`. The generated regex grows exponentially with the number of groups, causing denial of service. Patches: Fixed in ve…
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Medium 4.9
Improper Input Validation in Zoom Plugin Webhook Handler
Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.4 11.0.4 11.1.3 11.3.2 10.11.11.0 fail to validate incoming request size which allows an authenticated attacker to cause service disruption via the webhook endpoint. Mattermost Advisory ID: MMSA-2026-00589
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High 7.5
LiquidJS: memoryLimit Bypass through Negative Range Values Leads to Process Crash
LiquidJS is a Shopify / GitHub Pages compatible template engine in pure JavaScript. Prior to version 10.25.1, LiquidJS's `memoryLimit` security mechanism can be completely bypassed by using reverse range expressions (e.g., `(100000000..1)`), allowing an attac…
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High 7.5
LiquidJS has Exponential Memory Amplification through its replace_first Filter $& Pattern
LiquidJS is a Shopify / GitHub Pages compatible template engine in pure JavaScript. Prior to version 10.25.1, the `replace_first` filter in LiquidJS uses JavaScript's `String.prototype.replace()` which interprets `$&` as a back reference to the matched substr…
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Medium 4.3
Denial of Service via HTTP/2 single packet attack on login endpoint
Mattermost versions 11.4.x <= 11.4.0, 11.3.x <= 11.3.1, 11.2.x <= 11.2.3, 10.11.x <= 10.11.11 fail to rate limit login requests which allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service (server crash and restart) via HTTP/2 single packet attack…
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High 8.6
A vulnerability in the DHCP snooping feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker t…
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Medium 6.5
Nanoleaf Lines unauthenticated firmware file store
Nanoleaf Lines 12.3.2 does not authenticate firmware file uploads. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can upload firmware files on the device and consume storage resources. Fixed in 12.3.6.
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High 7.5
The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. A remote attacker may ca…
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High 8.7
Parse Server: Denial of service via unindexed database query for unconfigured auth providers
Parse Server is an open source backend that can be deployed to any infrastructure that can run Node.js. Prior to versions 8.6.58 and 9.6.0-alpha.52, an unauthenticated attacker can cause denial of service by sending authentication requests with arbitrary, unc…
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Medium 6.5
Vikunja Affected by DoS via Image Preview Generation
Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 1.0.0-rc0 and prior to version 2.2.0, unbounded image decoding and resizing during preview generation lets an attacker exhaust CPU and memory with highly compressed but extrem…
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High 7.5
Denial-of-service in the Libraries component in NSS
Denial-of-service in the Libraries component in NSS. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149.
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High 7.5
Denial-of-service in the XML component
Denial-of-service in the XML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149.
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High 7.5
Denial-of-service in the WebRTC: Signaling component
Denial-of-service in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.
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High 7.5
An issue in Free5GC v.4.2.0 and before allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the function HandleAut…
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Medium 6.5
ConcreteCMS is vulnerable to Denial of Service During Bulk Downloads
ConcreteCMS v9.4.7 contains a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the File Manager component. The 'download' method in 'concrete/controllers/backend/file.php' improperly manages memory when creating zip archives. It uses 'ZipArchive::addFromString' combi…
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Medium 6.6
Rails Active Support has a possible DoS vulnerability in its number helpers
Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which …
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Medium 6.9
Rails Active Support has a possible ReDoS vulnerability in number_to_delimited
Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. `NumberToDelimitedConverter` uses a lookahead-based regular expression with `gsub!` to insert thousands delimiters. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.…