High severity · published Sep 28, 2026
CVE-2026-102281
Nest: Remote process termination via a deeply nested microservice message pattern
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nest is a framework for building scalable Node.js server-side applications. Prior to 11.2.4 and 12.0.2, a single message with a deeply nested object in its pattern can terminate a NestJS microservice using the TCP or RabbitMQ transport. ServerTCP#handleMessage and ServerRMQ#handleMessage pass a client-controlled non-string pattern to JSON.stringify to derive the handler lookup key; sufficiently deep nesting throws RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded, and the unhandled promise rejection terminates Node.js under its default behavior. An attacker who can reach the TCP port or publish to the consumed RabbitMQ queue or exchange can crash the service on demand; other transports are not affected because their patterns arrive as strings. This issue is fixed in versions 11.2.4 and 12.0.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
nest · nestjs
< 11.2.4; >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102281
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/security/advisories/GHSA-m8vh-jmq9-5rjg
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/pull/17737
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/commit/aa97b5144d8dff1ce700aac521eb86449a679d6f
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/commit/e9dcd4c7ac64361fbfe79461da85f5b3fc3e02da
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/releases/tag/v11.2.4
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/nestjs/nest/releases/tag/v12.0.2
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