CVE-2026-27460: CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in TandoorRecipes recipes
Tandoor Recipes is an application for managing recipes, planning meals, and building shopping lists. Prior to 2.6.5, a critical Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was in the recipe import functionality. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to crash the server or make a significantly degrade its performance by uploading a large size ZIP file (ZIP Bomb). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.5.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-27460 affects Tandoor Recipes application versions before 2.6.5. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of highly compressed ZIP files during recipe import, allowing an authenticated user to trigger a Denial of Service by uploading a ZIP Bomb. This causes excessive resource consumption, crashing or significantly degrading server performance. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact focused on availability. The issue is resolved in version 2.6.5.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability results in denial of service conditions, where the server hosting Tandoor Recipes can crash or experience severe performance degradation. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. The attack requires authenticated access, limiting exposure to authorized users.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Tandoor Recipes to version 2.6.5 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vulnerability is resolved in this version, no additional mitigation steps are necessary. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.
CVE-2026-27460: CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in TandoorRecipes recipes
Description
Tandoor Recipes is an application for managing recipes, planning meals, and building shopping lists. Prior to 2.6.5, a critical Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was in the recipe import functionality. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to crash the server or make a significantly degrade its performance by uploading a large size ZIP file (ZIP Bomb). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.5.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-27460 affects Tandoor Recipes application versions before 2.6.5. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of highly compressed ZIP files during recipe import, allowing an authenticated user to trigger a Denial of Service by uploading a ZIP Bomb. This causes excessive resource consumption, crashing or significantly degrading server performance. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity impact focused on availability. The issue is resolved in version 2.6.5.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability results in denial of service conditions, where the server hosting Tandoor Recipes can crash or experience severe performance degradation. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity reported. The attack requires authenticated access, limiting exposure to authorized users.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Tandoor Recipes to version 2.6.5 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vulnerability is resolved in this version, no additional mitigation steps are necessary. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-19T17:25:31.100Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69d94d8f1cc7ad14dae0fae0
Added to database: 4/10/2026, 7:20:47 PM
Last enriched: 4/10/2026, 7:36:09 PM
Last updated: 4/11/2026, 6:03:18 AM
Views: 8
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