CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5573 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-6XWM-5JC9-WW35
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-14 18:32 – Updated: 2025-01-14 18:32Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"modified": "2025-01-14T18:32:03Z",
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GHSA-7233-CPFF-XW5J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:31 – Updated: 2023-08-16 18:30A vulnerability in the OSPF Version 2 (OSPFv2) implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation when the affected software processes certain OSPFv2 packets with Link-Local Signaling (LLS) data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed OSPFv2 packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
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"details": "A vulnerability in the OSPF Version 2 (OSPFv2) implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input validation when the affected software processes certain OSPFv2 packets with Link-Local Signaling (LLS) data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed OSPFv2 packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause an affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.",
"id": "GHSA-7233-cpff-xw5j",
"modified": "2023-08-16T18:30:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:31:47Z",
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"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-ospflls-37Xy2q6r"
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GHSA-7276-C97P-MP22
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:46 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:46An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. macOS before 10.13 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the "libc" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted string that is mishandled by the glob function.
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"details": "An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. macOS before 10.13 is affected. tvOS before 11 is affected. watchOS before 4 is affected. The issue involves the \"libc\" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted string that is mishandled by the glob function.",
"id": "GHSA-7276-c97p-mp22",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:46:51Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:46:51Z",
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT208112"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT208113"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT208115"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT208144"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100990"
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GHSA-727X-48VV-8CJ7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:32 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:32Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. Because the resource exhaustion persists beyond query completion, repeated requests can fully exhaust the available query worker resources, rendering ES|QL queries unavailable until the node is restarted.
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"details": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400) in Elasticsearch can lead to denial of service via Exponential Data Expansion (CAPEC-197). An authenticated user may submit a specially crafted query to the ES|QL engine that causes exponential CPU consumption during query evaluation. Because the resource exhaustion persists beyond query completion, repeated requests can fully exhaust the available query worker resources, rendering ES|QL queries unavailable until the node is restarted.",
"id": "GHSA-727x-48vv-8cj7",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:32:36Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:32:36Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63263"
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"url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-19-19-9-3-8-9-4-4-security-update-esa-2026-74/388577"
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GHSA-72GW-MP4G-V24J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-17 18:12 – Updated: 2026-06-17 18:12Impact
Multer is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) via deeply nested field names in multipart form data. The append-field dependency parses bracket notation in field names (e.g., a[b][c]) with no limit on nesting depth, allowing an attacker to force allocation of deeply nested object structures that consume CPU and memory. A single HTTP request with a crafted multipart body is sufficient to exploit this.
Patches
Users should upgrade to 2.2.0 and configure limits.fieldNestingDepth to the minimum depth their application requires.
Workarounds
Set limits.fields to a reasonable value to reduce the number of fields an attacker can send per request. This does not fully mitigate the issue but limits the impact.
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"details": "### Impact\n\nMulter is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) via deeply nested field names in multipart form data. The `append-field` dependency parses bracket notation in field names (e.g., `a[b][c]`) with no limit on nesting depth, allowing an attacker to force allocation of deeply nested object structures that consume CPU and memory. A single HTTP request with a crafted multipart body is sufficient to exploit this.\n\n### Patches\n\nUsers should upgrade to `2.2.0` and configure `limits.fieldNestingDepth` to the minimum depth their application requires.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nSet `limits.fields` to a reasonable value to reduce the number of fields an attacker can send per request. This does not fully mitigate the issue but limits the impact.",
"id": "GHSA-72gw-mp4g-v24j",
"modified": "2026-06-17T18:12:27Z",
"published": "2026-06-17T18:12:27Z",
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"url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"
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GHSA-72MH-PF6C-WQ87
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-07-16 15:30there is a possible persistent Denial of Service due to test/debugging code left in a production build. This could lead to local denial of service of impaired use of the device with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-13T21:15:55Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "there is a possible persistent Denial of Service due to test/debugging code left in a production build. This could lead to local denial of service of impaired use of the device with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-72mh-pf6c-wq87",
"modified": "2024-07-16T15:30:44Z",
"published": "2024-06-13T21:30:55Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32912"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2024-06-01"
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GHSA-72PW-R4F3-922C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:32 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:32Vulnerability in the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: JSON). Supported versions that are affected are MySQL Server: 8.4.0-8.4.10, 9.7.0-9.7.1; MySQL Cluster: 8.0.0-8.0.47, 8.4.0-8.4.10 and 9.7.0-9.7.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"CVE-2026-61109"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:18:42Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: JSON). Supported versions that are affected are MySQL Server: 8.4.0-8.4.10, 9.7.0-9.7.1; MySQL Cluster: 8.0.0-8.0.47, 8.4.0-8.4.10 and 9.7.0-9.7.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server, MySQL Cluster. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-72pw-r4f3-922c",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:32:16Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:32:16Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61109"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
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GHSA-72WR-XHP6-G67F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:40 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:40ZIV Automation 4CCT-EA6-334126BF firmware version 3.23.80.27.36371, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific packets to the port 7919.
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"CVE-2021-25909"
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-29T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "ZIV Automation 4CCT-EA6-334126BF firmware version 3.23.80.27.36371, allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specific packets to the port 7919.",
"id": "GHSA-72wr-xhp6-g67f",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:40:38Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:40:38Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25909"
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"url": "https://www.incibe-cert.es/en/early-warning/ics-advisories/4cct-vulnerable-denial-service-attack"
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GHSA-7325-GCX9-7XH4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-19 21:30 – Updated: 2024-01-19 21:30An incorrect permissions vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo App Store app that could allow an attacker to use system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-19T20:15:12Z",
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"details": "An incorrect permissions vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo App Store app that could allow an attacker to use system resources, resulting in a denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-7325-gcx9-7xh4",
"modified": "2024-01-19T21:30:36Z",
"published": "2024-01-19T21:30:36Z",
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"url": "https://iknow.lenovo.com.cn/detail/419672"
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GHSA-733M-275P-P27Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:16 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:50CServer::SendMsg in engine/server/server.cpp in Teeworlds 0.7.x before 0.7.5 allows remote attackers to shut down the server.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-04-22T17:15:00Z",
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"details": "CServer::SendMsg in engine/server/server.cpp in Teeworlds 0.7.x before 0.7.5 allows remote attackers to shut down the server.",
"id": "GHSA-733m-275p-p27q",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:50:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:16:10Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/teeworlds/teeworlds/commit/c68402fa7e279d42886d5951d1ea8ac2facc1ea5"
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVYG7CCPS5F3OPOQMJKVNXTQ7BXSEX2V"
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Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.