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CVE-2026-86696: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in handnot2 esaml

0
High
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-86696cvecve-2026-86696cwe-770
Published: 10/22/2026 (10/22/2026, 06:59:07 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: handnot2
Product: 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

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
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:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected software

handnot2

esaml

arekinath

esaml

dropbox

esaml

Affected versions
>=0.1.0

dropbox

esaml

GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
handnot2/esaml
pkg:github/handnot2/esaml
GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
arekinath/esaml
pkg:github/arekinath/esaml
esaml
pkg:hex/esaml
Affected versions
>=0.1.0
GitHub Actionsmore threats →cve
dropbox/esaml
pkg:github/dropbox/esaml
CPE configurations (3)
cpe:2.3:a:handnot2:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:arekinath:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:esaml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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

Views: 1

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