CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5569 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-8M36-62RW-9MXW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-13 15:31 – Updated: 2024-11-04 15:28Path Traversal in GitHub repository mbloch/mapshaper prior to 0.6.44.
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "mapshaper"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.6.44"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-1163"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-22",
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-13T20:34:18Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-13T15:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Path Traversal in GitHub repository mbloch/mapshaper prior to 0.6.44.",
"id": "GHSA-8m36-62rw-9mxw",
"modified": "2024-11-04T15:28:59Z",
"published": "2024-02-13T15:31:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1163"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper/commit/7437d903c0a87802c3751fc529d2de7098094c72"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/c1cbc18b-e4ab-4332-ad13-0033f0f976f5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "mapshaper Path Traversal vulnerability"
}
GHSA-8M3J-GQ35-PV88
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:27 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:27Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-10724"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-07-05T22:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.",
"id": "GHSA-8m3j-gq35-pv88",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:27:55Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:27:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10724"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8M4W-86RM-R3RG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-08 12:30 – Updated: 2024-08-08 12:30A Denial of Service (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 12.6 before 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using crafted adoc files.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-4210"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-08T10:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A Denial of Service (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 12.6 before 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using crafted adoc files.",
"id": "GHSA-8m4w-86rm-r3rg",
"modified": "2024-08-08T12:30:34Z",
"published": "2024-08-08T12:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4210"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2431562"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/458245"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8M8Q-R5VQ-5FG3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:32 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:32A potential denial-of-service issue in the Proxygen handling of invalid HTTP2 settings which can cause the server to spend disproportionate resources. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (3.24.3 and 3.21.7 and below) when using the proxygen server to handle HTTP2 requests.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-6332"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-12-03T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A potential denial-of-service issue in the Proxygen handling of invalid HTTP2 settings which can cause the server to spend disproportionate resources. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (3.24.3 and 3.21.7 and below) when using the proxygen server to handle HTTP2 requests.",
"id": "GHSA-8m8q-r5vq-5fg3",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:32:03Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:32:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6332"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/03/15/hhvm-3.25.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8MFF-GCGJ-HHFR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-16 21:34 – Updated: 2026-03-17 18:30In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-68971"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-16T20:16:14Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In Forgejo through 13.0.3, the attachment component allows a denial of service by uploading a multi-gigabyte file attachment (e.g., to be associated with an issue or a release).",
"id": "GHSA-8mff-gcgj-hhfr",
"modified": "2026-03-17T18:30:32Z",
"published": "2026-03-16T21:34:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68971"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=291973"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://zenodo.org/records/18945481"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://zenodo.org/records/19058493"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8MR2-8R3V-FJ69
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-24 00:30 – Updated: 2023-01-04 21:30The hash functionality in userver before 42059b6319661583b3080cab9b595d4f8ac48128 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP request, involving collisions.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-28229"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-23T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The hash functionality in userver before 42059b6319661583b3080cab9b595d4f8ac48128 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP request, involving collisions.",
"id": "GHSA-8mr2-8r3v-fj69",
"modified": "2023-01-04T21:30:19Z",
"published": "2022-12-24T00:30:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28229"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://userver.tech/df/d3a/md_en_userver_security_changelog.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8MRC-CW5J-72JW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-06 15:30 – Updated: 2023-11-06 15:30An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.3 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-3909"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-06T13:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.3 before 16.3.6, all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.4.2, all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.5.1. A Regular Expression Denial of Service was possible by adding a large string in timeout input in gitlab-ci.yml file.",
"id": "GHSA-8mrc-cw5j-72jw",
"modified": "2023-11-06T15:30:32Z",
"published": "2023-11-06T15:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3909"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/2050269"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/418763"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8MX2-GQX9-RM7F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-24 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-30 20:50The package opcua from 0.0.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks - per single session or in total for all concurrent sessions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending an unlimited number of huge chunks (e.g. 2GB each) without sending the Final closing chunk.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "crates.io",
"name": "opcua"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.11.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-25888"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-08-30T20:50:35Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-08-23T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The package opcua from 0.0.0 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to a missing limitation on the number of received chunks - per single session or in total for all concurrent sessions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending an unlimited number of huge chunks (e.g. 2GB each) without sending the Final closing chunk.",
"id": "GHSA-8mx2-gqx9-rm7f",
"modified": "2022-08-30T20:50:35Z",
"published": "2022-08-24T00:00:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25888"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/locka99/opcua/pull/216"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/locka99/opcua/pull/216/commits/6fb683c5fec46c6dd347824491c4d93a229da695"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/locka99/opcua"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUST-OPCUA-2988751"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in opcua"
}
GHSA-8P52-5F85-CWPC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-01 00:00 – Updated: 2022-10-06 00:00A vulnerability in the DHCP processing functionality of Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of DHCP messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious DHCP messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-20847"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-30T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the DHCP processing functionality of Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for the Catalyst 9000 Family could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the improper processing of DHCP messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious DHCP messages to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.",
"id": "GHSA-8p52-5f85-cwpc",
"modified": "2022-10-06T00:00:54Z",
"published": "2022-10-01T00:00:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20847"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-wlc-dhcp-dos-76pCjPxK"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8P8V-WH79-9R56
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-03 15:31 – Updated: 2026-03-04 20:24An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.3, 5.2 before 5.2.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.29.
URLField.to_python() in Django calls urllib.parse.urlsplit(), which performs NFKC normalization on Windows that is disproportionately slow for certain Unicode characters, allowing a remote attacker to cause denial of service via large URL inputs containing these characters.
Earlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected. Django would like to thank Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "Django"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.0.3"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "Django"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "5.2"
},
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"fixed": "5.2.12"
}
],
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}
]
},
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "Django"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.2"
},
{
"fixed": "4.2.29"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-25673"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-04T20:24:02Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-03T15:16:19Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.3, 5.2 before 5.2.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.29.\n\n`URLField.to_python()` in Django calls `urllib.parse.urlsplit()`, which performs NFKC normalization on Windows that is disproportionately slow for certain Unicode characters, allowing a remote attacker to cause denial of service via large URL inputs containing these characters.\n\nEarlier, unsupported Django series (such as 5.0.x, 4.1.x, and 3.2.x) were not evaluated and may also be affected.\nDjango would like to thank Seokchan Yoon for reporting this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-8p8v-wh79-9r56",
"modified": "2026-03-04T20:24:02Z",
"published": "2026-03-03T15:31:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25673"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/django/django"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://groups.google.com/g/django-announce"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/mar/03/security-releases"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Django vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
}
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.