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CVE-2018-16131: lightbend akka_http Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-9qgc-p27w-3hjg
Published 30-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16131 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in lightbend akka_http. EPSS estimates a 3.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.05%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.05%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.05% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.05%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Com.typesafe.akka2 products
  • akka-http-core_2.11≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.4
  • akka-http-core_2.12≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.4
Lightbend1 product
  • akka_http≥ 10.0.0, ≤ 10.0.13 | ≥ 10.1.0, ≤ 10.1.4

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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