CVE-2026-100349

kin-openapi openapi3filter: nil-pointer panic in ValidateResponse on a response header declared with content

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2026 at 03:50 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 06:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKin Openapi

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

kin-openapi is a Go project for handling OpenAPI files. Prior to 0.146.0, openapi3filter.ValidateResponse passes a nil response header schema to decodeValue when an OpenAPI document declares the header with content instead of schema. The document passes validation, but every response validation for the affected operation dereferences the nil schema and panics even when the response does not contain the declared header. Applications that ingest an untrusted specification can expose this as remote availability impact, while applications using only trusted local specifications still crash when the affected operation is exercised. This issue is fixed in version 0.146.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.146.0

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.2HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-476

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