CVE-2026-77354

kin-openapi: Uncontrolled resource consumption in openapi3filter deepObject query parameter decoding

Published Aug 21, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.124.0 until 0.142.0, openapi3filter.sliceMapToSlice in openapi3filter/req_resp_decoder.go converts attacker-controlled sparse indexes from a deepObject query parameter into a dense slice by allocating entries from zero through the largest supplied index, after which buildResObj creates another slice of the same length. This allocation occurs before schema validation, so maxItems does not prevent it. An unauthenticated client can send a small query such as param[items][50000000]=x to an endpoint whose deepObject schema contains an array, forcing multi-gigabyte heap allocation and causing an OOM kill or restart loop. Other request-body encodings and styled parameters that do not produce bracketed integer indexes are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.142.0.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xhj3-7xw9-vr34 kin-openapi has uncontrolled resource consumption in openapi3filter deepObject query parameter decoding
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1285
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Getkin
Getkin kin-openapi
Vendors & Products Getkin
Getkin kin-openapi
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.124.0 until 0.142.0, openapi3filter.sliceMapToSlice in openapi3filter/req_resp_decoder.go converts attacker-controlled sparse indexes from a deepObject query parameter into a dense slice by allocating entries from zero through the largest supplied index, after which buildResObj creates another slice of the same length. This allocation occurs before schema validation, so maxItems does not prevent it. An unauthenticated client can send a small query such as param[items][50000000]=x to an endpoint whose deepObject schema contains an array, forcing multi-gigabyte heap allocation and causing an OOM kill or restart loop. Other request-body encodings and styled parameters that do not produce bracketed integer indexes are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.142.0.
Title kin-openapi: Uncontrolled resource consumption in openapi3filter deepObject query parameter decoding
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 25, 2026, 7:15 PM
Reserved
Aug 20, 2026, 7:28 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 21, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 4:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Aug 21, 2026, 8:44 PM