CVE-2026-46385: iskorotkov avro · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affects iskorotkov avroSource CVE Database V5
Public exploit available · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 2.33.0 as a priority.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public or traded
- Automatable
- Attackers can reliably automate steps 1–4 of the kill chain
- Technical impact
- Limited control over the software or limited information exposure
CISA SSVC assessment, 2026-06-01.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.33.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 29 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
CISA SSVC: proof of concept public
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by GitHub, Inc.
, 16 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
CISA SSVC assessment
proof of concept public
, 3 days after disclosure
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA SSVC, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade iskorotkov avro to 2.33.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| iskorotkovavro | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
iskorotkov/avro is a fast Go Avro codec. Prior to 2.33.0, the Avro array and map decoders looped over an attacker-controlled block-count value without checking the underlying reader's error state inside the loop body. Reader.ReadBlockHeader returns the count as a Go int, which is 64-bit on amd64 / arm64 targets — so a producer can declare a block of up to math.MaxInt64 (~9.2 × 10¹⁸) elements followed by EOF (or any truncated payload), and the decoder will attempt that many no-op iterations before propagating the error. The realistic ceiling is "indefinite until the worker is killed externally" — a single hostile payload pins a CPU core until the process is OOM-killed, deadline-cancelled, or terminated. Remote, unauthenticated denial-of-service. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.33.0.
References
- github.com/iskorotkov/avro/security/advisories/GHSA-w8j3-pq8g-8m7w (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46385 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483475 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46385.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48151 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41030 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:44622 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47149 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:53530 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:41064 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30651 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57191 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60386 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42852 (opens in a new tab)