Resource exhaustion in Lightbend Akka HTTP
CVE-2018-16131
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.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-de… (Vendor Advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/
- akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16131?
- CVE-2018-16131 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Akka HTTP, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-08-30.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16131?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.