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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-48511 EUVD-2026-38385GHSA-2x83-8g95-xh59

MessagePack-CSharp: ExpandoObject formatter can perform quadratic insertion work on untrusted maps

Published Jun 22, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

MessagePack for C# is a MessagePack serializer for C#. Prior to 2.5.301 and 3.1.7, ExpandoObjectFormatter.Deserialize populates System.Dynamic.ExpandoObject by calling IDictionary<string, object>.Add for each map entry. ExpandoObject internally maintains member names in array-like structures, so inserting many distinct keys can require repeated linear scans and array copies. For large attacker-controlled maps, this produces quadratic CPU and allocation behavior. The issue is especially surprising because ExpandoObjectResolver.Options is configured with MessagePackSecurity.UntrustedData, but collision-resistant dictionary comparers cannot protect ExpandoObject insertion internals. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.301 and 3.1.7.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MessagePack-CSharp MessagePack-CSharp >= 3.0, < 3.1.7, < 2.5.301 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-msgpack No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
NuGet MessagePack < 2.5.301 2.5.301 GHSA-2x83-8g95-xh59
NuGet MessagePack >= 3.0, < 3.1.7 3.1.7 GHSA-2x83-8g95-xh59

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