Medium severity · published Oct 18, 2026
CVE-2026-111997
ip-address before 10.7.4 allows a denial of service (CPU consumption from quadratic complexity, and application stall) via many % characters in input reaching a function call that…
6.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ip-address before 10.7.4 allows a denial of service (CPU consumption from quadratic complexity, and application stall) via many % characters in input reaching a function call that uses the Address6 constructor.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IP
ip-address · beaugunderson
before 10.7.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111997
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111997
github.com
https://github.com/beaugunderson/ip-address/security/advisories/GHSA-rxp7-6hxx-x8q5
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