CVE-2026-35405

libp2p-rendezvous: Unlimited namespace registrations per peer enables OOM DoS on rendezvous servers

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 7, 2026 at 02:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLIBP2PLIBP2P

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
PoC

Description

libp2p-rust is the official rust language Implementation of the libp2p networking stack. Prior to 0.17.1, libp2p-rendezvous server has no limit on how many namespaces a single peer can register. A malicious peer can just keep registering unique namespaces in a loop and the server happily accepts every single one allocating memory for each registration with no pushback. Keep doing this long enough (or with multiple sybil peers) and the server process gets OOM killed. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.17.1.

Affected

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

v < 0.17.1
v < 0.17.1
Affected range stops below 0.17.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-cqfx-gf56-8x59

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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