CVE-2026-67199: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in perspective-dev perspective
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
CVE-2026-67199: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in perspective-dev 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
Affected software
perspective-dev
perspective
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
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.
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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