GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-9QGC-P27W-3HJGHigh severity vulnerability that affects com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.11 and com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
79.3%
The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| com.typesafe.akka | akka-http-core_2.11 | * | cpe:2.3:a:com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| com.typesafe.akka | akka-http-core_2.12 | * | cpe:2.3:a:com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found
doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg
github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137
groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16131
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
79.3%