High severity · published Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-76905
kin-openapi openai3filter: nil-pointer panic in ConvertErrors on malformed multipart/form-data body enables unauthenticated DoS
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.10.0 until 0.141.0, openapi3filter.convertParseError in openapi3filter/validation_error_encoder.go dereferences e.Parameter.In without checking whether e.Parameter is nil. A malformed non-string scalar field in a multipart/form-data request body produces a nested ParseError with a nil RequestError.Parameter, and applications that render the validation error through openapi3filter.ConvertErrors or ValidationErrorEncoder panic. An unauthenticated client can repeatedly send such requests to deny service when the application lacks a recovery boundary. JSON request bodies and applications that do not use these error-rendering helpers are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.141.0.
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
KI
kin-openapi · getkin
>= 0.10.0, < 0.141.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76905
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76905
github.com
https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/commit/1d0a337c9b1570fab283be8a04c8af6e43b9a22c
github.com
https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/releases/tag/v0.141.0
github.com
https://github.com/getkin/kin-openapi/security/advisories/GHSA-mmfr-pmjx-hw9w
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