High severity · published Aug 30, 2018
CVE-2018-16131
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AH
Akka Http · Lightbend
10.0.0 through 10.0.13; 10.1.0 through 10.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16131
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16131
Vendor Advisory
https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-found
Vendor Advisory
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.html
Patch
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjg
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