Description
kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.2.0 until 0.144.0, openapi3filter.ValidateRequest can encounter a NULL-pointer-dereference denial of service when an operation declares a content parameter whose application/json media type has no schema. In openapi3filter/req_resp_decoder.go, the default defaultContentParameterDecoder dereferences mt.Schema.Value without checking whether mt.Schema is nil, even though doc.Validate() accepts the document under OpenAPI 3.0.x and 3.1.x. A single unauthenticated request supplying the parameter value can panic request validation, causing an aborted request with log growth in the common synchronous net/http path or a full process crash in integrations without recovery. This issue is fixed in version 0.144.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| getkin | kin-openapi | >= 0.2.0, < 0.144.0 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | golang-github-getkin-kin-openapi | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-aws-cloudfront | 2.6.0-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-aws-ec2 +2 | 2.6.0-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-aws-ec2-compat +2 | 2.7.0-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-aws-iam +2 | 2.6.0-r8 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-aws-s3 +11 | 2.6.0-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-azure-authorization | 2.6.0-r11 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-azure-sql +2 | 2.6.0-r9 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-azure-storage | 2.6.0-r10 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | crossplane-provider-keycloak | 2.24.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | dataplaneapi | 3.4.0-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | gitness | 3.3.0-r29 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | gptscript | No fix yet | — |
| Wolfi rolling | grafana-12.3 | 12.3.9-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | grafana-12.4 | 12.4.6-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | grafana-13.0 | 13.0.4-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | hugo | 0.164.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | hugo-extended | 0.164.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubevela-vela-cli +1 | 1.11.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | nuclei | 3.11.1-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | terraform-provider-grafana | 4.44.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | timoni | 0.27.1-r1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/getkin/kin-openapi | < 0.144.0 | 0.144.0 | GHSA-jpcw-4wr7-c3vq |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026