CVE-2026-48854 (GCVE-0-2026-48854)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-15 21:55 – Updated: 2026-09-24 21:09
VLAI
Title
Unbounded request body accumulation causes memory exhaustion in elixir-grpc/grpc
Summary
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust the BEAM's memory and crash the server by streaming a large or slow-trickle unary request body. 'Elixir.GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy.Handler':read_full_body/3 (lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy/handler.ex) accumulates every received chunk into a single growing binary with no size cap. Additionally, when the client omits the grpc-timeout header, the per-chunk read timeout resolves to :infinity, allowing a slow-trickle client to keep the connection alive indefinitely while memory grows. A single connection is sufficient to exhaust server memory and crash the node. This issue affects grpc: from 0.3.0-alpha.2 before 1.0.0.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-16 14:47 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
elixir-grpc grpc Affected: 0.3.0-alpha.2 , < 1.0.0 (semver)
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elixir-grpc grpc Affected: d1abe70a6cad6dac4a3f8235d883d7c896989560 , < 49e18c3ec6bb9afe2f712caad3dbab5c56a68a00 (git)
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Date Public
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