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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-97701 EUVD-2026-117032

Zulip: Missing content-length limit on POST /messages/render allows denial-of-service via oversized requests

Published Nov 4, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool. In Zulip Server versions through 12.1, the authenticated POST /messages/render endpoint renders the content parameter without enforcing the normal message length limit used by message send and edit operations. An authenticated user can submit Markdown up to the server body-size limit, causing disproportionate backend CPU consumption, and repeated or concurrent requests can degrade Markdown rendering performance or backend availability for other users. This issue is fixed in version 12.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zulip zulip < 12.2 —

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