High severity · published Apr 7, 2026
CVE-2026-35405
libp2p-rendezvous: Unlimited namespace registrations per peer enables OOM DoS on rendezvous servers
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
libp2p-rust is the official rust language Implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 0.17.1, libp2p-rendezvous server has no limit on how many namespaces a single peer can register. A malicious peer can just keep registering unique namespaces in a loop and the server happily accepts every single one allocating memory for each registration with no pushback. Keep doing this long enough (or with multiple sybil peers) and the server process gets OOM killed. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.
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)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
rust-libp2p · libp2p
< 0.17.1 · source: vendor
LI
Libp2p · Protocol
before 0.17.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
RU
rust-libp2p
libp2p
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