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CVE-2026-40943: oxia · Race Condition

Affects oxiaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 0.16.2 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.16.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade oxia and oxia-db/oxia to 0.16.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
oxia-dboxiaAffected
  • <0.16.2
Fixed in
  • 0.16.2
GitHuboxia-db/oxiapkg:github/oxia-db/oxiaOther threatsAffected
  • <0.16.2
Fixed in
  • 0.16.2

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AI-suggested

Upgrade oxia to version 0.16.2 or later, where this race condition vulnerability is fixed. Since the vendor advisory indicates the issue is resolved in 0.16.2, applying this official fix is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required.

Description

CVE-2026-40943 is a race condition vulnerability in oxia, a metadata store and coordination system, affecting versions prior to 0.16.2. The issue arises from improper synchronization between session heartbeat processing and session closure, causing the server to panic due to sending on a closed channel or deadlock scenarios. This is triggered by the heartbeat() method using a blocking channel send while holding a mutex, which under certain timing conditions with concurrent close() calls leads to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) gap. The vulnerability has a high severity score of 8.7. A fix is available in version 0.16.2.

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