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TI-2022-18670 Aliases CVE-2022-39294GHSA-9398-5ghf-7pr6

(DoS) Denial of Service from unchecked request length in conduit-hyper

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-400Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

conduit-hyper integrates a conduit application with the hyper server. Prior to version 0.4.2, `conduit-hyper` did not check any limit on a request's length before calling [`hyper::body::to_bytes`](https://docs.rs/hyper/latest/hyper/body/fn.to_bytes.html). An attacker could send a malicious request with an abnormally large `Content-Length`, which could lead to a panic if memory allocation failed for that request. In version 0.4.2, `conduit-hyper` sets an internal limit of 128 MiB per request, otherwise returning status 400 ("Bad Request"). This crate is part of the implementation of Rust's [crates.io](https://crates.io/), but that service is not affected due to its existing cloud infrastructure, which already drops such malicious requests. Even with the new limit in place, `conduit-hyper` is not recommended for production use, nor to directly serve the public Internet.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00814 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed conduit-hyper (conduit-rust): 0.4.2conduit-hyper (crates.io): 0.4.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
conduit-rustconduit-hyper0.2.0-alpha.3 to before 0.4.20.4.2Patch availableCNA
—conduit-hyper (crates.io)0.2.0-alpha.3 to before 0.4.20.4.2Patch availableGHSA-9398-5ghf-7pr6
  • conduit-hyper Vendorconduit-rust Affected 0.2.0-alpha.3 to before 0.4.2 Fixed in 0.4.2 Patch available CNA
  • conduit-hyper (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.2.0-alpha.3 to before 0.4.2 Fixed in 0.4.2 Patch available GHSA-9398-5ghf-7pr6

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*after 0.2.0, before 0.4.2VulnerableConduit-hyper Project
cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:-:*:*:*:rust:*:*0.2.0VulnerableConduit-hyper Project
cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:rust:*:*0.2.0 alpha3VulnerableConduit-hyper Project
cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:alpha4:*:*:*:rust:*:*0.2.0 alpha4VulnerableConduit-hyper Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions after 0.2.0, before 0.4.2 Vulnerable ·Conduit-hyper Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:-:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.2.0 Vulnerable ·Conduit-hyper Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.2.0 alpha3 Vulnerable ·Conduit-hyper Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:conduit-hyper_project:conduit-hyper:0.2.0:alpha4:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.2.0 alpha4 Vulnerable ·Conduit-hyper Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA conduit-hyper (conduit-rust) Fixed in 0.4.2
  • Fix · GHSA-9398-5ghf-7pr6 conduit-hyper (crates.io) Fixed in 0.4.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39294
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9398-5ghf-7pr6

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