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TI-2017-02129 Aliases CVE-2017-2909GHSA-r2hq-55rv-r3g7

Infinite loop in Cesanta Mongoose

Priority LOW 36CWE-835Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

An infinite loop programming error exists in the DNS server functionality of Cesanta Mongoose 6.8 library. A specially crafted DNS request can cause an infinite loop resulting in high CPU usage and Denial Of Service. An attacker can send a packet over the network to trigger this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01428 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CesantaMongoose6.8—No fix listedCNA
  • Mongoose VendorCesanta Affected 6.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8VulnerableCesanta
  • cpe:2.3:a:cesanta:mongoose:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 Vulnerable ·Cesanta

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-2909
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2hq-55rv-r3g7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-51393 Mongoose: Content-Length + Transfer-Encoding coexistence enables request smuggling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-51389 Mongoose: TLS Hostname Verification Bypass via Overly Permissive Wildcard Matching CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-02723 Cesanta Mongoose MQTT Message Parsing Heap Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-15865 Buffer overflow in mg_resolve_from_hosts_file in Mongoose 6.18, when reading from a crafted hosts file. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-17032 The HTTP server in Mongoose before 7.10 accepts requests containing negative… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-06113 Cesanta Mongoose TCP Option net_builtin.c handle_opt infinite loop CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
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Sources

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