CVE-2026-86696: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in handnot2 esaml
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in esaml in dropbox esaml allows an unauthenticated attacker to exhaust the Erlang VM atom table and crash the node via unsigned LogoutResponse messages. esaml:status_code_map/1 in src/esaml.erl maps any StatusCode value it does not recognize to an atom with list_to_atom/1 on the last colon-separated segment of the URN. esaml_sp:validate_logout_response/2 verifies a signature only when the message carries one, so an unsigned LogoutResponse posted to the single-logout endpoint reaches esaml:decode_logout_response/1 and mints one permanent atom per distinct status value. Atoms are never reclaimed and the VM caps the atom table at about one million entries, so an attacker who posts that many distinct values aborts the node. This issue affects esaml: from 0.1.0 onward.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.2high
Affected software
handnot2
esaml
arekinath
esaml
dropbox
esaml
dropbox
esaml
cpe:2.3:a:handnot2:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:arekinath:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Run on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- EEF
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-08T13:45:02.138Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ad9bbc04d27ba8daa39361d
Added to database: 10/22/2026, 07:31:12 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 07:31:12 UTC
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