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GHSA-Q9XM-F36C-XM3Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-27 16:06

Summary

@steipete/summarize is Vulnerable to Disk Exhaustion via Crafted Media Responses

Details

Summarize before 0.17.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause disk exhaustion by serving media responses that bypass the enforced size limit through missing or misreported Content-Length headers, chunked transfer encoding, or failed HEAD requests. Attackers who control a podcast feed or media URL can stream an unbounded response to local storage via the temp-file download path, exhausting disk or system resources on the host running the CLI.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@steipete/summarize-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "0.17.0"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-53781"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-07-27T16:06:56Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-11T20:16:25Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Summarize before 0.17.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause disk exhaustion by serving media responses that bypass the enforced size limit through missing or misreported Content-Length headers, chunked transfer encoding, or failed HEAD requests. Attackers who control a podcast feed or media URL can stream an unbounded response to local storage via the temp-file download path, exhausting disk or system resources on the host running the CLI.",
  "id": "GHSA-q9xm-f36c-xm3q",
  "modified": "2026-07-27T16:06:56Z",
  "published": "2026-06-11T21:31:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53781"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/237"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/14de194c24c5e0fba4bdb4a6f7766eb6ea3ed750"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/steipete/summarize"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/tag/v0.17.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-disk-exhaustion-via-uncapped-media-download"
    }
  ],
  "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:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "@steipete/summarize is Vulnerable to Disk Exhaustion via Crafted Media Responses"
}

CVE-2026-53781 (GCVE-0-2026-53781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-11 19:11 – Updated: 2026-07-14 21:33 X_Open Source

Title

Summarize < 0.17.0 Disk Exhaustion via Uncapped Media Download

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-06-12 10:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases/ta…	release-notes
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/pull/237	issue-tracking
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/commit/14de…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/summarize-di…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
steipete	summarize	Affected: 0 , < 0.17.0 (semver)

Date Public

2026-06-04 00:00

Credits

Chia Min Jun Lennon

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GHSA-Q9XM-F36C-XM3Q

CVE-2026-53781 (GCVE-0-2026-53781)

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