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CVE-2026-77619: vectordotdev vector · Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

Affects vectordotdev vectorSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High : upgrade to 0.57.0 soon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.57.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Sep 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade vector and github/vectordotdev/vector to 0.57.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
vectordotdevvectorAffected
  • >=0.15.0 <0.57.0
Fixed in
  • 0.57.0
crates.iogithub/vectordotdev/vectorpkg:cargo/github/vectordotdev/vectorOther threatsAffected
  • >=0.15.0 <0.57.0
Fixed in
  • 0.57.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Vector to version 0.57.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigations are indicated in the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed fixed in 0.57.0.

Description

Vector is a high-performance observability data pipeline. From 0.15.0 until 0.57.0, the logstash source reads a 32-bit compressed-frame length from the network and uses it to size an in-memory buffer without an upper bound. An unauthenticated remote peer that can reach the default 0.0.0.0:5044 listener can send a minimal frame declaring a multi-gigabyte payload, causing an excessive allocation that can abort Vector or invoke the host OOM killer. Because the allocation follows the declared length rather than bytes transmitted, the attacker has low resource cost, and process termination can halt log ingestion for every tenant on a shared pipeline. This issue is fixed in version 0.57.0.

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