High severity · published May 29, 2026
CVE-2026-46385
iskorotkov/avro: CPU Exhaustion in Avro Decoder
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
iskorotkov/avro is a fast Go Avro codec. Prior to 2.33.0, the Avro array and map decoders looped over an attacker-controlled block-count value without checking the underlying reader's error state inside the loop body. Reader.ReadBlockHeader returns the count as a Go int, which is 64-bit on amd64 / arm64 targets — so a producer can declare a block of up to math.MaxInt64 (~9.2 × 10¹⁸) elements followed by EOF (or any truncated payload), and the decoder will attempt that many no-op iterations before propagating the error. The realistic ceiling is "indefinite until the worker is killed externally" — a single hostile payload pins a CPU core until the process is OOM-killed, deadline-cancelled, or terminated. Remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.0.
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 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AV
avro · iskorotkov
< 2.33.0 · source: vendor
C4
Cryostat 4 on RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
MG
Multicluster Global Hub 1.4.5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
MG
Multicluster Global Hub 1.6.5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
MG
Multicluster Global Hub 1.7.0 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.11 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.13 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.16 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.17 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat multicluster global hub 1.5.3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46385
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46385
github.com
https://github.com/iskorotkov/avro/security/advisories/GHSA-w8j3-pq8g-8m7w
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30651
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41030
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41064
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42852
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44622
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