CVE-2026-73502

Medium

Description

kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. From 0.2.0 until 0.144.0, openapi3filter.ValidateRequest can encounter a NULL-pointer-dereference denial of service when an operation declares a content parameter whose application/json media type has no schema. In openapi3filter/req_resp_decoder.go, the default defaultContentParameterDecoder dereferences mt.Schema.Value without checking whether mt.Schema is nil, even though doc.Validate() accepts the document under OpenAPI 3.0.x and 3.1.x. A single unauthenticated request supplying the parameter value can panic request validation, causing an aborted request with log growth in the common synchronous net/http path or a full process crash in integrations without recovery. This issue is fixed in version 0.144.0.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGithub.com/getkin/kin-openapi
PublishedAug 18, 2026
First seenAug 18, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • github.com/getkin/kin-openapi0.144.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
github.com/getkin/kin-openapiGov < 0.144.00.144.0

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