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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-48854 EEF-CVE-2026-48854EUVD-2026-37012GHSA-q8gf-9rvj-gmgj

Unbounded request body accumulation causes memory exhaustion in elixir-grpc/grpc

Published Jun 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust the BEAM's memory and crash the server by streaming a large or slow-trickle unary request body.

'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy.Handler':read_full_body/3 (lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy/handler.ex) accumulates every received chunk into a single growing binary with no size cap. Additionally, when the client omits the grpc-timeout header, the per-chunk read timeout resolves to :infinity, allowing a slow-trickle client to keep the connection alive indefinitely while memory grows. A single connection is sufficient to exhaust server memory and crash the node.

This issue affects grpc: from 0.3.0-alpha.2 before 1.0.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
elixir-grpc grpc 0.3.0-alpha.2 – < 1.0.0 1.0.0

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex grpc >= 0.3.0-alpha.2, < 1.0.0 1.0.0 EEF-CVE-2026-48854
Hex grpc >= 0.3.1, < 1.0.0 1.0.0 GHSA-q8gf-9rvj-gmgj

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