Uncontrolled resource consumption in speaker
Priority HIGH 72CWE-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
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
All versions of the package speaker are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when providing unexpected input types to the channels property of the Speaker object makes it possible to reach an assert macro. Exploiting this vulnerability can lead to a process crash.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0057 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | speaker | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | speaker (npm) | up to 0.5.5 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-w5fc-gj3h-26rx |
- speaker Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- speaker (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 0.5.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-w5fc-gj3h-26rx
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tootallnate:node-speaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | TooTallNate |
- cpe:2.3:a:tootallnate:node-speaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·TooTallNate
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21526
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w5fc-gj3h-26rx
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-21526 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-21526 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w5fc-gj3h-26rx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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