CVE-2026-49866 (GCVE-0-2026-49866)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 20:47 – Updated: 2026-07-08 20:47
VLAI
Title
libp2p: CPU DoS via oversized IHAVE and IWANT control message arrays
Summary
libp2p is a JavaScript Implementation of libp2p networking stack. Prior to 16.0.0, @libp2p/gossipsub defaultDecodeRpcLimits set maxIhaveMessageIDs and maxIwantMessageIDs to Infinity, allowing oversized IHAVE and IWANT control message arrays in message/decodeRpc.ts and gossipsub.ts to synchronously iterate roughly 180,000 message IDs per 4 MB frame and block the Node.js event loop. This issue is fixed in version 16.0.0.
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libp2p js-libp2p Affected: < 16.0.0
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