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CVE-2026-59803

HIGH
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
rpcx through 1.9.3, fixed in commit 047aec1, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in protocol.Message.Decode (protocol/message.go). When a message has the compression flag set, the payload is gzip-decompressed via util.Unzip with no limit on the decompressed output size. The only built-in size guard, protocol.MaxMessageLength, is checked against the compressed on-the-wire frame length, not the decompressed size, so it provides no protection. Because decoding (and decompression) occurs in readRequest before authentication, a single unauthenticated connection can send a small (under 2 MB) gzip-compressed message that expands to gigabytes of heap allocation, leading to out-of-memory conditions and service unavailability.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-59803
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-07-07 14:39 UTC
Published
2026-07-08 19:42 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-08 19:42 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-409
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplificat…
Vendor / Product
smallnest / rpcx
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
smallnest rpcx 0 ≤ 1.9.3, 047aec18efa7d037105e2b72c36dd2ae05e1acc6
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-409 cna Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.7 HIGH 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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