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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 13, 2026 16:18:56 UTC

CVE-2026-124279

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in elixir-grpc grpc_server allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server memory via client-streaming or bidirectional-streaming requests. The streaming read clause of GRPC.Server.Adapters.Cowboy.Handler.info/3 (grpc_server/lib/grpc/server/adapters/cowboy/handler.ex) asks Cowboy for up to 8,000,000 bytes per read and compares the running total with max_body_size only after the read returns. The gRPC length prefix of a message is not checked before the message is buffered. Each stream can therefore buffer up to one full read beyond the configured limit before it is refused, and many concurrent streams exhaust node memory. Releases before 1.0.6 apply no limit to streaming requests at all. This issue affects grpc_server: from 1.0.0 before 1.1.0.

Base score8.2/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorNetworkAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Attack requirementsPresentAT
Privileges requiredNonePR
User interactionNoneUI
Vulnerable system confidentialityNoneVC
Vulnerable system integrityNoneVI
Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA
Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC
Subsequent system integrityNoneSI
Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Record context

CVE Numbering AuthorityEEF
Last updatedNov 13, 2026 19:32:24 UTC
PublishedNov 13, 2026 16:18:56 UTC
ReservedNov 13, 2026 11:18:43 UTC

Credits

  • Alfie Goh Li Heng
  • Alfie Goh Li Heng
  • Paulo Valente
  • Peter Ullrich
  • Jonatan Männchen / EEF