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CVE-2026-67199: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in perspective-dev perspective

0
High
Published: 08/04/2026 (08/04/2026, 14:04:19 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: perspective-dev
Product: perspective

Description

Perspective version 5.0.0 and earlier contains a denial of service vulnerability where remote attackers can submit crafted expressions with unbounded loops. This causes the server's event loop to block indefinitely, making the server unresponsive to all clients. The vulnerability arises from the lack of iteration caps, deadlines, or cancellation checks in expression evaluation within TableMakeViewReq messages.

CVSS v4.0

Score 7.1high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

perspective-dev

perspective

Affected versions
>=0 <=5.0.0
GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
perspective
pkg:github/perspective
Affected versions
>=0 <=5.0.0

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AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 08/11/2026, 18:19:57 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-67199 is a denial of service vulnerability in perspective versions up to and including 5.0.0. Attackers can craft expressions containing unbounded for or while loops embedded in a TableMakeViewReq message. These expressions include arbitrarily large iteration counts evaluated once per table row, which blocks the Tornado IOLoop without any limits or cancellation mechanisms. This results in the server event loop being blocked indefinitely, rendering the server unresponsive to all connected clients.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation causes a denial of service by blocking the server event loop indefinitely. This prevents the server from processing any further requests, effectively making the service unavailable to all users. There is no indication of privilege escalation or data compromise from the provided information.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. No official fix or temporary mitigation has been documented in the provided data. Until a patch is available, users should consider restricting or validating input expressions to prevent unbounded loops if possible.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-07-28T16:06:49.774Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6a71fdb7bf8831d539fada02

Added to database: 08/04/2026, 14:56:55 UTC

Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 18:19:57 UTC

Last updated: 09/17/2026, 22:01:37 UTC

Views: 31

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