CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5433 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-PMP2-F627-C94J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-04 19:01 – Updated: 2022-11-07 19:00A vulnerability in a feature that monitors RADIUS requests on Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to negatively affect the performance of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient management of system resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by taking actions that cause Cisco ISE Software to receive specific RADIUS traffic. A successful and sustained exploit of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to cause reduced performance of the affected device, resulting in significant delays to RADIUS authentications. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-20937"
],
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"CWE-400",
"CWE-410"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-11-04T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in a feature that monitors RADIUS requests on Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to negatively affect the performance of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient management of system resources. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by taking actions that cause Cisco ISE Software to receive specific RADIUS traffic. A successful and sustained exploit of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to cause reduced performance of the affected device, resulting in significant delays to RADIUS authentications. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-pmp2-f627-c94j",
"modified": "2022-11-07T19:00:17Z",
"published": "2022-11-04T19:01:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20937"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-sec-atk-dos-zw5RCUYp"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-sec-atk-dos-zw5RCUYp"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PMQC-57G8-C22C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-01 06:30 – Updated: 2026-06-01 06:30A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. This vulnerability affects the function _handle_webhook_request of the file gateway/platforms/feishu.py of the component Webhook Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-10224"
],
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-01T06:16:38Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A security vulnerability has been detected in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.30. This vulnerability affects the function _handle_webhook_request of the file gateway/platforms/feishu.py of the component Webhook Endpoint. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-pmqc-57g8-c22c",
"modified": "2026-06-01T06:30:27Z",
"published": "2026-06-01T06:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10224"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/0304e313d811f187ade93d3b01de0f87"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10224"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/822022"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/367503"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/367503/cti"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-PMW2-J962-7FRC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-02 00:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 00:31A vulnerability was identified in Nothings stb up to 1.22. The impacted element is the function setup_free of the file stb_vorbis.c. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"CVE-2026-5316"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-02T00:16:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was identified in Nothings stb up to 1.22. The impacted element is the function setup_free of the file stb_vorbis.c. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-pmw2-j962-7frc",
"modified": "2026-04-02T00:31:04Z",
"published": "2026-04-02T00:31:04Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5316"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/d0razi/cc7f70bba08c1a455d9933e97b8b57c1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/780560"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/354648"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/354648/cti"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-PMXP-7224-H794
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-04 15:13 – Updated: 2024-06-04 15:13Due to an oversized maximum result limit, TYPO3 component Indexed Search is susceptible to a Denial of Service attack.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "typo3/cms"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.2.19"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "typo3/cms"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "7.6.0"
},
{
"fixed": "7.6.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-06-04T15:13:20Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Due to an oversized maximum result limit, TYPO3 component Indexed Search is susceptible to a Denial of Service attack.",
"id": "GHSA-pmxp-7224-h794",
"modified": "2024-06-04T15:13:20Z",
"published": "2024-06-04T15:13:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/typo3/cms/2016-02-23-4.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2016-008"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "Denial of Service (DoS) attack possibility in TYPO3 component Indexed Search"
}
GHSA-PP3R-RXPR-H8MC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-29 03:33 – Updated: 2025-02-14 18:30An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server through 7.2.2. A data reader may cause a denial of service (outage of reader threads).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-45874"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-29T01:41:20Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server through 7.2.2. A data reader may cause a denial of service (outage of reader threads).",
"id": "GHSA-pp3r-rxpr-h8mc",
"modified": "2025-02-14T18:30:43Z",
"published": "2024-02-29T03:33:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45874"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.couchbase.com/server/current/release-notes/relnotes.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://forums.couchbase.com/tags/security"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.couchbase.com/alerts"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PP4V-55VR-9GXH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-02-18 23:39 – Updated: 2023-09-12 18:42Affected versions of riot-compiler are susceptible to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.3.22 or later.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "riot-compiler"
},
"ranges": [
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},
{
"fixed": "2.3.22"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10527"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:49:41Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Affected versions of `riot-compiler` are susceptible to a regular expression denial of service vulnerability.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.3.22 or later.",
"id": "GHSA-pp4v-55vr-9gxh",
"modified": "2023-09-12T18:42:41Z",
"published": "2019-02-18T23:39:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10527"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/riot/compiler/issues/46"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp4v-55vr-9gxh"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/86"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in riot-compiler"
}
GHSA-PP8M-48HH-XVPX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-06 18:33 – Updated: 2026-04-07 15:30An issue was discovered in USIM in Samsung Mobile Processor, Wearable Processor, and Modem Exynos 980, 990, 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, Modem 5300, and Modem 5400. Improper handling of SIM card proactive commands leads to a Denial of Service.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-59440"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-06T18:16:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in USIM in Samsung Mobile Processor, Wearable Processor, and Modem Exynos 980, 990, 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, Modem 5300, and Modem 5400. Improper handling of SIM card proactive commands leads to a Denial of Service.",
"id": "GHSA-pp8m-48hh-xvpx",
"modified": "2026-04-07T15:30:46Z",
"published": "2026-04-06T18:33:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59440"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://semiconductor.samsung.com/support/quality-support/product-security-updates/cve-2025-59440"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PPC9-VW33-PG6G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-04 18:30 – Updated: 2025-08-04 21:30An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-50420"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-674"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-04T17:15:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue in the pdfseparate utility of freedesktop poppler v25.04.0 allows attackers to cause an infinite recursion via supplying a crafted PDF file. This can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS).",
"id": "GHSA-ppc9-vw33-pg6g",
"modified": "2025-08-04T21:30:42Z",
"published": "2025-08-04T18:30:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50420"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-50420"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://freedesktop.com"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://poppler.com"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PPCR-7C68-6C88
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-22 00:31 – Updated: 2025-03-22 00:31: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.
Specifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable
This issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-26500"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-21T23:15:21Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": ": Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Wind River Systems VxWorks 7 on VxWorks allows Excessive Allocation.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nSpecifically crafted USB packets may lead to the system becoming unavailable\n\nThis issue affects VxWorks 7: from 22.06 through 24.03.",
"id": "GHSA-ppcr-7c68-6c88",
"modified": "2025-03-22T00:31:11Z",
"published": "2025-03-22T00:31:11Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26500"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support2.windriver.com/index.php?page=cve\u0026on=view\u0026id=CVE-2025-26500"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PPJ4-34RQ-V8J9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-10-25 19:43 – Updated: 2024-05-20 20:41GJSON is a Go package that provides a fast and simple way to get values from a json document. GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/tidwall/gjson"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.9.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-42836"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400",
"CWE-697"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-10-25T18:27:20Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-10-22T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "GJSON is a Go package that provides a fast and simple way to get values from a json document. GJSON before 1.9.3 allows a ReDoS (regular expression denial of service) attack.",
"id": "GHSA-ppj4-34rq-v8j9",
"modified": "2024-05-20T20:41:04Z",
"published": "2021-10-25T19:43:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42836"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/236"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/issues/237"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/590010fdac311cc8990ef5c97448d4fec8f29944"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/commit/77a57fda87dca6d0d7d4627d512a630f89a91c96"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/compare/v1.9.2...v1.9.3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0265"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "github.com/tidwall/gjson Vulnerable to REDoS attack"
}
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.