CVE-2026-100836

Edgeless Systems Contrast through 1.20.0 Denial of Service via ciphertextContainer

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: September 27, 2026 at 01:29 AM UTC
Updated: September 28, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorContrast

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Contrast through 1.20.0 contains a panic vulnerability in the transit-engine endpoint's ciphertextContainer.UnmarshalJSON function that fails to validate decoded ciphertext length before slicing. An authenticated workload with a valid mesh certificate can trigger a runtime panic by submitting a short base64-encoded ciphertext, causing log spam and request failures without crashing the process.

Affected

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

v ≤ 1.20.0

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-129

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