CVE-2026-27695 (GCVE-0-2026-27695)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 14:56 – Updated: 2026-02-26 21:33
VLAI?
Title
zae-limiter: DynamoDB hot partition throttling enables per-entity Denial of Service
Summary
zae-limiter is a rate limiting library using the token bucket algorithm. Prior to version 0.10.1, all rate limit buckets for a single entity share the same DynamoDB partition key (`namespace/ENTITY#{id}`). A high-traffic entity can exceed DynamoDB's per-partition throughput limits (~1,000 WCU/sec), causing throttling that degrades service for that entity — and potentially co-located entities in the same partition. Version 0.10.1 fixes the issue.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| zeroae | zae-limiter |
Affected:
< 0.10.1
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