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
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)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| smallnest | rpcx | — | 0 ≤ 1.9.3, 047aec18efa7d037105e2b72c36dd2ae05e1acc6 |
Weakness (CWE)
| CWE | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CWE-409 | cna | Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) |
CVSS scores (2)
| Score | Severity | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References (4)
- Researcher Disclosure https://github.com/smallnest/rpcx/issues/942
- Fix PR https://github.com/smallnest/rpcx/pull/943
- Fix Commit https://github.com/smallnest/rpcx/commit/047aec18efa7d037105e2b72c36dd2ae05e1acc6
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rpcx-denial-of-service-via-gzip-decompression-bomb-in-wire-protocol