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GHSA-GCX5-HXJ7-GPQQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-08 17:39 – Updated: 2026-10-08 17:39

Summary

msgpack5: Quadratic parsing in the streaming decoder

Details

Impact

The streaming decoder reparses an incomplete container from the beginning whenever another chunk arrives. A remote peer can split one valid MessagePack value across many small chunks, causing quadratic CPU usage and blocking the event loop.

Patches

The decoder now preserves incremental container state so completed elements are not parsed again when more input arrives.

Workarounds

Buffer each complete MessagePack value before decoding it, or limit the number of chunks accepted for a single value.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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}

CVE-2026-107297 (GCVE-0-2026-107297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-08 17:07 – Updated: 2026-10-08 17:26

Title

msgpack5: Quadratic parsing in the streaming decoder

Summary

msgpack5 is a msgpack v5 implementation for node.js and the browser. Prior to 6.1.0, the streaming decoder reparses an incomplete array or map from the beginning whenever another chunk arrives. A remote peer can split one valid MessagePack container across many small chunks, causing completed elements to be decoded repeatedly, producing quadratic CPU use and blocking the event loop. This issue is fixed in version 6.1.0.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-08 17:26 UTC

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7619 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/mcollina/msgpack5/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/mcollina/msgpack5/commit/e4827…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/mcollina/msgpack5/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
mcollina	msgpack5	Affected: < 6.1.0

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