CVE-2023-26141: contribsys sidekiq Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-26141 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in contribsys sidekiq. EPSS estimates a 0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 14-09-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 25-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Versions of the package sidekiq before 7.1.3 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to insufficient checks in the dashboard-charts.js file. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the localStorage value which will cause excessive polling requests.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated4.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated5.7MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST4.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
61%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.94% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 found1Dffd3C017339B7Ed5371Ed3D81E6B2A
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionThe product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
- CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityThe product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Contribsys1 product
- sidekiq< 6.5.10 | ≥ 7.0, < 7.1.3
Debian1 product
- ruby-sidekiqAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.2.1+dfsg-2
RubyGems1 product
- sidekiq≥ 7.0.0, < 7.1.3 | < 6.5.10
Ubuntu1 product
- ruby-sidekiqAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
12 links
- github.com/sidekiq/sidekiqPACKAGE