Resource exhaustion in Iskorotkov Avro

CVE-2026-46385

iskorotkov/avro is a fast Go Avro codec. Prior to 2.33.0, the Avro array and map decoders looped over an attacker-controlled block-count value without checking the underlying reader's error state inside the loop body. Reader.ReadBlockHeader returns the count as a Go int, which is 64-bit on amd64 / arm64 targets — so a producer can declare a block of up to math.MaxInt64 (~9.2 × 10¹⁸) elements followed by EOF (or any truncated payload), and the decoder will attempt that many no-op iterations before propagating the error. The realistic ceiling is "indefinite until the worker is killed externally" — a single hostile payload pins a CPU core until the process is OOM-killed, deadline-cancelled, or terminated. Remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.0.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-46385: held from 0.005 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.004

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46385?
CVE-2026-46385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Iskorotkov Avro, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-46385?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.