CVE-2026-59803

High

Description

rpcx through 1.9.3, fixed in commit 047aec1, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in protocol.Message.Decode (protocol/message.go). When a message has the compression flag set, the payload is gzip-decompressed via util.Unzip with no limit on the decompressed output size. The only built-in size guard, protocol.MaxMessageLength, is checked against the compressed on-the-wire frame length, not the decompressed size, so it provides no protection. Because decoding (and decompression) occurs in readRequest before authentication, a single unauthenticated connection can send a small (under 2 MB) gzip-compressed message that expands to gigabytes of heap allocation, leading to out-of-memory conditions and service unavailability.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductSmallnest Rpcx
PublishedJul 8, 2026
First seenJul 8, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-409CWE-409

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smallnest rpcxv ≤ 1.9.3—

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