CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5425 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-P9JX-JR54-2XQ2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-13 18:30Uncontrolled resource consumption in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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"id": "GHSA-p9jx-jr54-2xq2",
"modified": "2025-05-13T18:30:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-13T18:30:53Z",
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"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26677"
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GHSA-P9M7-FWRR-649P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-23 21:31 – Updated: 2026-02-25 15:31TOTOLINK X5000R v9.1.0cu_2415_B20250515 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the setDiagnosisCfg handler of the /usr/sbin/lighttpd executable. The ip parameter is retrieved via websGetVar and passed to a ping command through CsteSystem without validating if the input starts with a hyphen (-). This allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary command-line options into the ping utility, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing excessive resource consumption or prolonged execution.
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"details": "TOTOLINK X5000R v9.1.0cu_2415_B20250515 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the setDiagnosisCfg handler of the /usr/sbin/lighttpd executable. The ip parameter is retrieved via websGetVar and passed to a ping command through CsteSystem without validating if the input starts with a hyphen (-). This allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary command-line options into the ping utility, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing excessive resource consumption or prolonged execution.",
"id": "GHSA-p9m7-fwrr-649p",
"modified": "2026-02-25T15:31:37Z",
"published": "2026-02-23T21:31:27Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/neighborhood-H/0-DAY/blob/main/Toto-link/X5000R/SetDiagnosisCfg/report.md"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.notion.so/TOTOLINK-X5000R-SetDiagnosisCfg-2d170566ca7f8098a0bcee9f2a15d40d?source=copy_link"
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GHSA-P9M7-W29M-489V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:16 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:16A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a specially crafted file.
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"modified": "2022-05-24T19:16:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:16:27Z",
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"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1077021"
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"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300095"
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GHSA-P9QF-HWXR-QHFF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-18 21:32 – Updated: 2026-06-18 21:32A flaw in Node.js HTTP/2 server API can cause servers to keep accepting data even after sending a GOAWAY frame. This vulnerability affects two supported release lines: Node.js 22 and Node.js 24.
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"details": "A flaw in Node.js HTTP/2 server API can cause servers to keep accepting data even after sending a `GOAWAY` frame. This vulnerability affects two supported release lines: **Node.js 22** and **Node.js 24**.",
"id": "GHSA-p9qf-hwxr-qhff",
"modified": "2026-06-18T21:32:34Z",
"published": "2026-06-18T21:32:34Z",
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"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3658225"
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"url": "https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2026-security-releases"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-P9QP-C452-F9R7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-24 17:21 – Updated: 2024-09-30 20:25Impact
If Synapse and a malicious homeserver are both joined to the same room, the malicious homeserver can trick Synapse into accepting previously rejected events into its view of the current state of that room. This can be exploited in a way that causes all further messages and state changes sent in that room from the vulnerable homeserver to be rejected.
Synapse homeservers are affected by this issue if and only if they are joined to rooms which members of untrusted homeservers are joined or invited to.
- Synapse homeservers in rooms available over public federation are affected.
- Synapse homeservers with federation disabled are not affected.
- Synapse homeservers in a closed federation containing only trusted servers are not affected.
- Synapse homeservers which are only joined to rooms with federation disabled[^1] are not affected.
Patches
Administrators of homeservers with federation enabled are advised to upgrade to 1.68.0 or higher.
Workarounds
- Federation can be disabled by setting
federation_domain_whitelistto an empty list ([]). from the vulnerable homeserver to be rejected. This issue has been patched in version 1.68.0
References
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/13723
[^1]: See m.federate in the m.room.create definition.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, e-mail us at security@matrix.org.
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"details": "### Impact\nIf Synapse and a malicious homeserver are both joined to the same room, the malicious homeserver can trick Synapse into accepting previously rejected events into its view of the current state of that room. This can be exploited in a way that causes all further messages and state changes sent in that room from the vulnerable homeserver to be rejected.\n\nSynapse homeservers are affected by this issue if and only if they are joined to rooms which members of untrusted homeservers are joined or invited to. \n\n- Synapse homeservers in rooms available over public federation **are** affected.\n- Synapse homeservers with federation disabled are not affected.\n- Synapse homeservers in a closed federation containing only trusted servers are not affected.\n- Synapse homeservers which are only joined to rooms with federation disabled[^1] are not affected.\n\n### Patches\nAdministrators of homeservers with federation enabled are advised to upgrade to 1.68.0 or higher.\n\n### Workarounds\n * Federation can be disabled by setting [`federation_domain_whitelist`](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html#federation_domain_whitelist) to an empty list (`[]`). from the vulnerable homeserver to be rejected. This issue has been patched in version 1.68.0\n\n### References\n- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/13723\n\n[^1]: See `m.federate` in the [`m.room.create` definition](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/client-server-api/#mroomcreate).\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, e-mail us at [security@matrix.org](mailto:security@matrix.org).",
"id": "GHSA-p9qp-c452-f9r7",
"modified": "2024-09-30T20:25:22Z",
"published": "2023-05-24T17:21:33Z",
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJIJRP5ZH6B3KGFLHCAKR2IX2Y4Z25QD"
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"summary": "Synapse Denial of service due to incorrect application of event authorization rules during state resolution"
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GHSA-PC3Q-39GV-WCG8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-28 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-29 15:31An issue was discovered in Prevx v3.0.5.220 allowing attackers to cause a denial of service via sending IOCTL code 0x22E044 to the pxscan.sys driver. Any processes listed under registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\pxscan\Files will be terminated.
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"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An issue was discovered in Prevx v3.0.5.220 allowing attackers to cause a denial of service via sending IOCTL code 0x22E044 to the pxscan.sys driver. Any processes listed under registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\pxscan\\Files will be terminated.",
"id": "GHSA-pc3q-39gv-wcg8",
"modified": "2025-10-29T15:31:54Z",
"published": "2025-10-28T18:30:29Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/djackreuter/CVE-2025-60349"
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"url": "http://prevx.com"
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GHSA-PC3X-M8H3-2F55
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:34 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:34Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in TLS configuration in Synology MailPlus Server before 2.0.5-0606 allows remote attackers to conduct denial-of-service attacks via client-initiated renegotiation.
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"CVE-2018-13296"
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"nvd_published_at": "2019-04-01T15:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in TLS configuration in Synology MailPlus Server before 2.0.5-0606 allows remote attackers to conduct denial-of-service attacks via client-initiated renegotiation.",
"id": "GHSA-pc3x-m8h3-2f55",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:34:43Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:34:43Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13296"
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"url": "https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_18_43"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-PC8G-78PF-4XRP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-02 18:49 – Updated: 2026-03-05 22:49Summary
The PasswordHash API endpoint allows unauthenticated users to trigger excessive memory allocation by sending concurrent password hashing requests. By issuing multiple parallel requests, an attacker can exhaust available container memory, leading to service degradation or complete denial of service (DoS).
The issue occurs because the endpoint performs computationally and memory-intensive hashing operations without request throttling, authentication requirements, or resource limits.
Details
The vulnerable endpoint:
POST /api/olivetin.api.v1.OliveTinApiService/PasswordHash
accepts a JSON body containing a password field and returns a computed password hash.
Each request triggers a memory-intensive hashing operation. When multiple concurrent requests are sent, memory consumption increases significantly. There are no safeguards such as:
- Authentication requirements
- Rate limiting
- Request throttling
- Memory usage caps per request
- Concurrency controls
As a result, an attacker can repeatedly invoke the endpoint in parallel, causing excessive RAM allocation inside the container.
In a test environment, 50 concurrent requests resulted in approximately 3.2 GB of memory usage (≈64 MB per request), leading to service instability.
This behavior allows unauthenticated attackers to perform a denial of service attack by exhausting server memory resources.
PoC
Environment
- Docker container: olivetin-test
- Exposed API on: http://localhost:1337
- Default configuration (no authentication enabled)
Reproduction Steps
Run the following script to send 50 concurrent requests:
for i in $(seq 1 50); do
curl -s -X POST http://localhost:1337/api/olivetin.api.v1.OliveTinApiService/PasswordHash \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"password\":\"flood-$i\"}" &
done
docker stats olivetin-test --no-stream
wait
┌──(root㉿kali)-[~/cve/OliveTin]
└─# docker stats olivetin-test --no-stream
CONTAINER ID NAME CPU % MEM USAGE / LIMIT MEM % NET I/O BLOCK I/O PIDS
18509670bf3e olivetin-test 344.63% 6.189GiB / 7.753GiB 79.83% 313kB / 288kB 4.31MB / 106MB 7
Docker CPU is 344.63%
Impact
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to:
- Exhaust server memory
- Crash the service
- Cause availability loss
- Trigger container termination in orchestrated environments
This is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting service availability.
Production deployments without reverse proxy rate limiting (e.g., Nginx, Traefik) are especially at risk.
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"details": "## Summary\n\nThe PasswordHash API endpoint allows unauthenticated users to trigger excessive memory allocation by sending concurrent password hashing requests. By issuing multiple parallel requests, an attacker can exhaust available container memory, leading to service degradation or complete denial of service (DoS).\n\nThe issue occurs because the endpoint performs computationally and memory-intensive hashing operations without request throttling, authentication requirements, or resource limits.\n\n## Details\n\nThe vulnerable endpoint:\n\n`POST /api/olivetin.api.v1.OliveTinApiService/PasswordHash`\n\naccepts a JSON body containing a password field and returns a computed password hash.\n\nEach request triggers a memory-intensive hashing operation. When multiple concurrent requests are sent, memory consumption increases significantly. There are no safeguards such as:\n\n- Authentication requirements\n- Rate limiting\n- Request throttling\n- Memory usage caps per request\n- Concurrency controls\n\nAs a result, an attacker can repeatedly invoke the endpoint in parallel, causing excessive RAM allocation inside the container.\n\nIn a test environment, 50 concurrent requests resulted in approximately 3.2 GB of memory usage (\u224864 MB per request), leading to service instability.\n\nThis behavior allows unauthenticated attackers to perform a denial of service attack by exhausting server memory resources.\n\n## PoC\nEnvironment\n\n- Docker container: olivetin-test\n- Exposed API on: http://localhost:1337\n- Default configuration (no authentication enabled)\n\n## Reproduction Steps\n\nRun the following script to send 50 concurrent requests:\n\n```bash\nfor i in $(seq 1 50); do\n curl -s -X POST http://localhost:1337/api/olivetin.api.v1.OliveTinApiService/PasswordHash \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d \"{\\\"password\\\":\\\"flood-$i\\\"}\" \u0026\ndone\ndocker stats olivetin-test --no-stream\nwait\n```\n\n```bash\n\u250c\u2500\u2500(root\u327fkali)-[~/cve/OliveTin]\n\u2514\u2500# docker stats olivetin-test --no-stream\nCONTAINER ID NAME CPU % MEM USAGE / LIMIT MEM % NET I/O BLOCK I/O PIDS\n18509670bf3e olivetin-test 344.63% 6.189GiB / 7.753GiB 79.83% 313kB / 288kB 4.31MB / 106MB 7\n\n```\n\n`Docker CPU is 344.63%`\n\n### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to:\n\n- Exhaust server memory\n- Crash the service\n- Cause availability loss\n- Trigger container termination in orchestrated environments\n\nThis is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting service availability.\n\nProduction deployments without reverse proxy rate limiting (e.g., Nginx, Traefik) are especially at risk.",
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"modified": "2026-03-05T22:49:13Z",
"published": "2026-03-02T18:49:27Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/security/advisories/GHSA-pc8g-78pf-4xrp"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/commit/2eb5f0ba79d4bbef3c802bf8b4666a7e18dcfd90"
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"summary": "OliveTin has Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Memory Exhaustion in PasswordHash API Endpoint"
}
GHSA-PC8J-GFWH-489W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-30 00:32 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:34The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.6, macOS Ventura 13.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.7.7. An app may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
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"id": "GHSA-pc8j-gfwh-489w",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:34:12Z",
"published": "2025-07-30T00:32:21Z",
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/124149"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/124150"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/124151"
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"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/32"
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"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Jul/33"
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GHSA-PCC8-H4HW-2238
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:48 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:48mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-14T18:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "mongod in MongoDB 2.6, when using 2.4-style users, and 2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and process termination) by leveraging in-memory database representation when authenticating against a non-existent database.",
"id": "GHSA-pcc8-h4hw-2238",
"modified": "2022-05-17T02:48:57Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:48:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3104"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324496"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-24378"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94929"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.