CVE-2018-16131
N/A
Published: August 30, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAkka HTTP
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The decodeRequest and decodeRequestWith directives in Lightbend Akka HTTP 10.1.x through 10.1.4 and 10.0.x through 10.0.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and daemon crash) via a ZIP bomb.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Akka HTTP· Lightbendmaven
95%10.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.0.1310.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.1.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://akka.io/blog/news/2018/08/30/akka-http-dos-vulnerability-foundx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2018-09-05-denial-of-service-via-decodeRequest.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/akka/akka-http/issues/2137x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/akka-security/Dj7INsYWdjgQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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