CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5434 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-P8VW-M6QQ-W42V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-22 21:30 – Updated: 2023-12-15 18:30read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-48564"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-08-22T19:16:31Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.",
"id": "GHSA-p8vw-m6qq-w42v",
"modified": "2023-12-15T18:30:27Z",
"published": "2023-08-22T21:30:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48564"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.python.org/issue42103"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0009"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P94W-QFCW-PQ69
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-11 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-12 21:31An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability has been reported to affect File Station 5. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: File Station 5 5.5.6.5190 and later
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-62854"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
],
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-11T13:15:57Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability has been reported to affect File Station 5. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to launch a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.\n\nWe have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:\nFile Station 5 5.5.6.5190 and later",
"id": "GHSA-p94w-qfcw-pq69",
"modified": "2026-02-12T21:31:25Z",
"published": "2026-02-11T15:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62854"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-26-03"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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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"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-P95H-29V8-J2H6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-17 19:00 – Updated: 2022-10-19 19:00A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-2931"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-17T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2. Malformed content added to the issue description could have been used to trigger high CPU usage.",
"id": "GHSA-p95h-29v8-j2h6",
"modified": "2022-10-19T19:00:19Z",
"published": "2022-10-17T19:00:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2931"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1543718"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2931.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/361982"
}
],
"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-P96P-59V7-XXP6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-06 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:36A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-0921"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-06T17:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before 15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage.",
"id": "GHSA-p96p-59v7-xxp6",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:36:09Z",
"published": "2023-06-06T18:30:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0921"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1869839"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0921.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392433"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P995-CQ5G-4FXX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:23 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:23mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-0999"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2011-02-23T19:00:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "mm/huge_memory.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38-rc5 does not prevent creation of a transparent huge page (THP) during the existence of a temporary stack for an exec system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.",
"id": "GHSA-p995-cq5g-4fxx",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:23:53Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:23:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0999"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678209"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65535"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31"
},
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"url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a7d6e4ecdb7648478ddec76d30d87d03d6e22b31"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/17/6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.38-rc5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46442"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-P9F8-GQJF-M75J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-05-06 17:28 – Updated: 2021-05-26 20:05Prototype pollution vulnerability in fastify-multipart < 1.0.5 allows an attacker to crash fastify applications parsing multipart requests by sending a specially crafted request.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "fastify-multipart"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.0.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-8136"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-05T22:07:09Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2020-03-20T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Prototype pollution vulnerability in `fastify-multipart` \u003c 1.0.5 allows an attacker to crash fastify applications parsing multipart requests by sending a specially crafted request.",
"id": "GHSA-p9f8-gqjf-m75j",
"modified": "2021-05-26T20:05:47Z",
"published": "2021-05-06T17:28:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8136"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/804772"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in fastify-multipart"
}
GHSA-P9J9-QQWF-J574
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-24 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-29 20:06MaxQueryDuration not honoured in Samba AD DC LDAP
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-3670"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-08-23T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "MaxQueryDuration not honoured in Samba AD DC LDAP",
"id": "GHSA-p9j9-qqwf-j574",
"modified": "2022-08-29T20:06:48Z",
"published": "2022-08-24T00:00:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3670"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077533"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14694"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/1d5b155619bc532c46932965b215bd73a920e56f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/2b3af3b560c9617a233c131376c870fce146c002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/3507e96b3dcf0c0b8eff7b2c08ffccaf0812a393"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/5f0590362c5c0c5ee20503a67467f9be2d50e73b"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/86fe9d48883f87c928bf31ccbd275db420386803"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/dcfcafdbf756e12d9077ad7920eea25478c29f81"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/commit/e1ab0c43629686d1d2c0b0b2bcdc90057a792049"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06"
}
],
"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-P9JX-JR54-2XQ2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-05-13 18:30Uncontrolled resource consumption in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-26677"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-13T17:15:51Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-p9jx-jr54-2xq2",
"modified": "2025-05-13T18:30:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-13T18:30:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26677"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26677"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-P9M7-FWRR-649P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-23 21:31 – Updated: 2026-02-25 15:31TOTOLINK X5000R v9.1.0cu_2415_B20250515 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the setDiagnosisCfg handler of the /usr/sbin/lighttpd executable. The ip parameter is retrieved via websGetVar and passed to a ping command through CsteSystem without validating if the input starts with a hyphen (-). This allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary command-line options into the ping utility, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing excessive resource consumption or prolonged execution.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-70327"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-23T21:19:09Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "TOTOLINK X5000R v9.1.0cu_2415_B20250515 contains an argument injection vulnerability in the setDiagnosisCfg handler of the /usr/sbin/lighttpd executable. The ip parameter is retrieved via websGetVar and passed to a ping command through CsteSystem without validating if the input starts with a hyphen (-). This allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary command-line options into the ping utility, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing excessive resource consumption or prolonged execution.",
"id": "GHSA-p9m7-fwrr-649p",
"modified": "2026-02-25T15:31:37Z",
"published": "2026-02-23T21:31:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70327"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/neighborhood-H/0-DAY/blob/main/Toto-link/X5000R/SetDiagnosisCfg/report.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.notion.so/TOTOLINK-X5000R-SetDiagnosisCfg-2d170566ca7f8098a0bcee9f2a15d40d?source=copy_link"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-P9M7-W29M-489V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:16 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:16A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a specially crafted file.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-39877"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-10-04T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab starting with version 12.2 that allows an attacker to cause uncontrolled resource consumption with a specially crafted file.",
"id": "GHSA-p9m7-w29m-489v",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:16:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:16:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39877"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1077021"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39877.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/300095"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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.