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High · 8.2 CVE-2026-71397 EEF-CVE-2026-71397EUVD-2026-118499GHSA-vx6q-cr5q-945g

Unbounded request body accumulation on streaming RPCs causes memory exhaustion in grpc_server

Published Nov 6, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by EEF

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc_server allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust memory and crash the node via an oversized client-streaming or bidirectional-streaming request body.

The streaming read clause of 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy.Handler':info/3 (grpc_server/lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy/handler.ex) never checks the configured max_body_size. Only the unary read path enforces that cap. 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy':reading_stream/1 (grpc_server/lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy.ex) appends every received chunk to its buffer until a complete length-prefixed message arrives. A client can declare a very large message and send it across many small HTTP/2 DATA frames, and the server buffers all of it.

This issue affects grpc_server: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
elixir-grpc grpc_server 1.0.0 – < 1.0.6 1.0.6

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Hex grpc_server >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.6 1.0.6 EEF-CVE-2026-71397

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