CVE-2018-16131

Description

The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.37% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory akka.io Vendor Advisory akka.io
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html vendor advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg
https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found vendor advisory
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16131?
CVE-2018-16131 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16131?
To fix CVE-2018-16131, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16131 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-16131 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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